Ratchet & Clank

Ratchet & Clank is a 2016 American-Canadian 3D computer-animated science fiction action comedy film based on the platforming video game series of the same name by Insomniac Games. The film wasproduced by Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment and distributed by Gramercy Pictures. Series developer, Insomniac Games, will play a role in the film’s production, screenplay, character development, and animation consulting. The film will be directed by Kevin Munroe and Jericca Cleland, and feature an original story written by the original Insomniac Games writer TJ Fixman as well as featuring the same voice cast to reprise their respective roles and utilizing assets from the video games in the film. The film was released on April 29, 2016 by Focus Features under it's Glabel.y Pictures label. It was a box office bomb but it was well welcomed from fans even though they critizied some differences with the original first game. A television series, that will serve as a sequel for the film, is currently in development with a pilot titled "Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie" being released on July 2021.
==Plot==
Hovering ominously above the planet, Tenemule, is the highly destructively equipped space station called The Deplanetizer, built by the ruthless and greedy lord and master of Drek Industries, Chairman Alonzo Drek. On this station, Chairman Drek addresses his fellow blarg and they watch as the Deplanetizer fires upon the planet with its namesake laser cannon and destroys it in a matter of seconds. 
On Planet Veldin, a 15-year old Lombax mechanic named Ratchet is working out to his favorite show when he learns of Tenemule’s destruction from a news report by Dallas Wanamaker. He states that this is in fact the the fourth unpopulated planet to be mysteriously destroyed. In response, the President has requested the Galactic Rangers, whom Ratchet idolizes, add a new recruit to their roster to help deal with Drek. Ratchet sees an opportunity to fulfill his lifelong dream when he hears the Rangers will be stopping on Veldin to begin tryouts. But before that, he just barely manages to satisfy Mr. Micron when he shows up for his ship and is sent barreling down the canyon due to all of the unnecessary upgrades Ratchet made to the ship. Namely, a dangerously powerful mag-booster.
Later, Chairman Drek informs his lieutenant, Victor Von Ion, of the next planet he plans to blow up. When Victor expresses his concern over the heavy patrol from the Galactic Rangers in that region, Drek tells him that they’re going to strike hard at the rangers first to eliminate their threat. He’s already working on a plan to assemble forces that will eliminate them in 2 days time and he will be able to complete his “masterpiece”.
Back at the Garage, Grimroth Razz, Ratchet’s boss, mentor, and adoptive father has to be the one to explain his reckless and impulsive tendencies when Ratchet fishes Mr. Micron’s ship out of the ditch. While Ratchet is indeed a talented mechanic, he can’t keep acting out while Grim has a shop to run. While he finishes the repairs himself, Ratchet explains to him that his carelessness is because he wants to be a Galactic Ranger and do great things like Captain Quark. To avoid being a dreamcrusher, Grim reluctantly agrees to one hour away at the space port for the Ranger Tryouts.
Ratchet arrives at the spaceport and joins the rest of the cheering crowd as they welcome the rangers: The tough-as-nails trigger happy Cora Veralux, the muscle-headed reptilian brute Brax Lectrus, and finally, the overachieving and idiotic egomaniac Captain Quark. After their flamboyant showcase, Ratchet is turned down for even a chance as a Ranger because he not only lacks experience as a warrior, but also because of his many legal citations, such as possessing an illegal gravity repulsor, operating a black-market accelerator, and willful disruption of the space time continuum.
On Quartu, Drek, Victor, and Zed, Drek’s assistant bot, oversee Drek’s chief scientist, Dr. Nefarious, hard at work on the forces for the assassination; 300 heavily-armed sentient war bots, armed to the teeth with the best armor and weapons as well as knowledge of all of the Galactic Ranger’s offensive tactics. All of a sudden, a lightning bolt strikes the factory, causing a momentary glitch that makes the system produce a defect, a small but intelligent robot. This defect learns of Drek's plans, and attempts to escape to Kerwan to warn the Rangers. Victor chases the defect out of the factory and it escapes in a shuttle, but not before Victor damages it with a rocket launcher.
As Grim continues the ship’s repairs, Ratchet returns crestfallen at his dreams being dashed and retreats to his bedroom. While stargazing outside, the war bot defect’s ship crash lands in the left canyon. Ratchet recovers him from the ship just before it explodes and when he awakens, Ratchet agrees to see to his repairs and names him Clank. Back at the Garage, Ratchet successfully repairs Clank and Clank explains as to why he must get to Aleero City ASAP; Chairmen Drek has built an army of war bots to assassinate the Galactic Rangers tomorrow. Seeing this as a chance to impress the Rangers, Ratchet eagerly offers his assistance, but Clank refuses to keep him out of danger. However, Ratchet convinces him anyway when he lies saying the Rangers are his friends and shows him the perfect ship for their quest (Mr. Micron’s still being repaired ship) and they set sail.
The next morning, an enemy warship arrives at the Hall of Heroes on Kerwan and deploys the war bots. As Ratchet and Clank approach Kerman, Ratchet tells Clank that sort of like him, Ratchet is the last of his kind who crash landed on Veldin during infancy. They arrive at Aleero City and behold the battlefield between the war bots and the Rangers.
they destroy a warship and thus save the Rangers from an army of warbots led by Victor. After reporters put Qwark on the spot, he recruits Ratchet and Clank to the Rangers, with Ratchet joining Brax Lectrus and Cora Veralux as field operatives, while Clank is assigned to mission support with Elaris. Ratchet stumbles through his accelerator training course, and Qwark begins to grow jealous of Ratchet's newfound fame. Clank and Elaris discuss Elaris' situation as tactical support, in which she is mostly ignored by the others and given a low budget, and Elaris tells Clank about the previous tactical support, Dr. Nefarious, who turned evil after conditions drove him mad. They then both discover the blarg have been using the Deplanetizer to extract portions from destroyed planets containing famous landmarks, though after trying to tell the Rangers, are ignored.
After briefing, the Rangers infiltrate Quartu's factory, and fight an army of Mr. Zurkons. Qwark encounters Drek, who convinces him to join Drek's side in order to boost his image in spite of Ratchet and Clank's popularity, which Qwark accepts so long as Drek agrees not to hurt the Rangers. The other Rangers learn that the blarg are planning to build a replacement planet, named New Quartu, as Quartu has been polluted beyond surface habitation. Interrogating Zed, Drek's assistant, they learn the next target is Novalis, a populated planet, and the Rangers resolve to attack the Deplanetizer and stop it.
As the Rangers assault the Deplanetizer, Qwark deactivates the Rangers' weapons at the behest of Drek, as he heads into the Deplanetizer claiming to the Rangers' confusion that he will "reason with" Drek. Victor, seeing an opportunity, boards the Rangers' flagship to attack Clank, who subdues him using a rainstorm-producing weapon and causing him to rust. As the other Rangers withdraw, Ratchet boards the station alone, with his ship destroyed on the way in. Ratchet is captured by Drek's Mag-Net Launcher, who directs him to a shuttle off the station saying he wants Ratchet to live to see his failures. On the way, Ratchet spots Qwark standing by, and realizes his treachery. Novalis is then destroyed, and the Rangers can only watch. Ratchet exiles himself to Veldin.
Qwark confronts Drek for going back on his word, while Dr. Nefarious appears and mocks him for selling out the Rangers. Qwark expresses surprise at Nefarious' presence, having though he had died in a prison breakout, but Nefarious ushers him out. After leaving, Nefarious then uses the Sheepinator to morph Drek into a sheep, then throws him onto an escape pod and ejects him to New Quartu, so he can take over the Deplanetizer. Meanwhile, Clank and the Rangers find Ratchet on Veldin and eventually convince him to return. They then learn from Zed that Umbris is the next target, and discover that Nefarious intends to destroy it due to its unstable core that would annihilate other nearby planets were it destroyed, so that he can exact revenge on the Rangers by destroying planets under their watch.
With Ratchet suggesting they listen to Elaris, the Rangers attack the Deplanetizer, with Ratchet and Clank using the Hologuise to disguise as Qwark and infiltrate, while the other Rangers prepare to use Mag Boosters to move it off target. Ratchet and Clank are intercepted by Qwark on their way to the Deplanetizer's core, and a battle ensues. Ratchet pleads with Qwark to stop, and Qwark eventually realizes he has been used. Nefarious then appears and bemoans them, telling them that Qwark's mistreatment caused him to leave the Rangers, and he plans to destroy the galaxy to exact revenge. The Deplanetizer fires, though the Rangers successfully moved the Deplanetizer off course to hit New Quartu instead, destroying Drek as he is still on the planet. Nefarious falls into the chamber of the Deplanetizer's laser below, seemingly disintegrating. Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark barely escape through a teleporter as the station falls towards Umbris.
The Rangers return to Kerwan to a hero's welcome. The demoted Private Qwark promoting his apology tour and releasing an autobiography, "Look, I Said I Was Sorry, Alright?", telling reporter Juanita to prepare to be blown away by his "epic humility". Ratchet meanwhile returned to Veldin to work for Grim, while Clank arrives, and Ratchet promises to rejoin the Rangers if he is needed.
In a mid-credits scene, Nefarious emerges from the Deplanetizer's wreckage on Umbris in a robotic form, after repair bots had converted him. After the credits, the Plumber breaks the fourth wall by scolding the audience for not leaving the theater yet.
==Cast==
The film will feature returning voice actors from the series, reprising their original roles from the video games.
* James Arnold Taylor as Ratchet, a young mechanic who dreams of being a Galactic Ranger.
* David Kaye as Clank, an intelligent warbot defect who escapes and befriends Ratchet. Kaye reprises his role from the games.
* Jim Ward as Captain Copernicus Qwark, the egocentric leader of the Galactic Rangers and a galaxy-wide celebrity. Ward reprises his role from the games.
* Armin Shimerman as Doctor Nefarious, Drek's evil chief scientist who has a vendetta against Captain Qwark. Shimerman reprises his role from the games.
* Paul Giamatti as Chairman Alonzo Drek, the ruthless, eccentric and charismatic leader of the Blarg.
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Blake
* John Goodman as Grimroth "Grim" Razz, a garage owner on Veldin who is Ratchet's adoptive father and mentor.
* Bella Thorne as Cora Veralux, a rigid Galactic Ranger.
* Rosario Dawson as Elaris, the Rangers' technical support officer.
* Sylvester Stallone as Lieutenant Victor Von Ion: Drek's robotic lieutenant. He is an original character created for the film.
* Vincent Tong as Brax Lectrus: a large, reptilian Galactic Ranger.
* Scott McCord as Solana Trooper
* Andrew Cownden as Zed, Drek's bumbling assistant whom the Rangers often interrogate.
* Neil Crone as a Blarg.
* Don Briggs as the Starship Commander
* Ian James Corlett as Blarg
* Brian Dobson as Announcer
* Richard Newman as Drek Computer
* Jemaine Clement as Dallas Wannamaker
* Brian Drummond as Mr. Zurkon
* Garry Chalk as Inspectobot
* Michael Dobson as Warbot
* Mikey Kelley as The Plumber
* Cole Howard as Stanley: a Blarg troop that Drek and Victor Von Ion bust for texting.
* Alessandro Juliani as Solana Trooper
* Rebecca Shoichet as Stanley's Mom, Ship Computer
* Tabitha St. Germain as Juanita Alvaro
* Brad Swaile as Ollie, Superfan
* Lee Tockar as Mr. Micron, a Tharpod citizen of Veldin.
=== Additional voices ===
* Jan Rabson
* Trevor Devall
* Ian Hamlin
* John Cygan
* Richard Ian Cox
* Paul Dobson
* Bob Bergen
* Scott McNeil
* Danny Mann
* Andrea Libman
* Grant George
* Alan Marriott
* Nicole Oliver
* Colin Murdock
* Brian Froud
* Sam Riegel
* Kari Wahlgren
* Kimberly Brooks
* Troy Baker
* Mona Marshall
* Ashleigh Ball
* Deven Mack
* Erin Mathews
* Andrew Toth
* Sam Vincent
* Terry Klassen
* Don Brown
* Robert Tinkler
==Production==
The film adaptation was announced on the PlayStation Blog on April 23, 2013, alongside with the first official trailer released on YouTube, for a 2015 theatrical release. The film is being produced at Rainmaker Entertainment's Vancouver studio in Canada, and will be executively produced by Michael Hefferon, President of Rainmaker Entertainment. The film will tap on Insomniac Games' vast asset library from their Ratchet & Clank video games, while creating their own new unique locations and characters.
On May 15, 2015, the film was confirmed to be distributed by Gramercy Pictures, and the original 2015 release date was pushed back to April 29, 2016 while confirming new celebrities to cast the new characters.
==Reception==
===Box office===
===Critical response===
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 16%, based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ratchet & Clank may satisfy very younger viewers, but compared to the many superior options available to families and animation ethusiasts, it offers little to truly recommend." On Metacritic the film has a score of 29 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
IGN gave the film a 6/10, saying, "Ratchet and Clank is not a bad movie by any means, especially when compared to some of the downright-terrible video game adaptations of the past two decades. But given the humor, action, and sense of adventure of the games, the movie is ultimately a competent, shallow, disappointing take on the adventures of the plucky Lombax and his robot buddy. My advice is to stick to the stellar PlayStation 4 game."
GameSpot gave the film a mixed review, saying, "Ratchet and Clank pulls us across the universe at a breakneck pace, but it never seems to take us anywhere. The series may have found success in video games, but in the meantime, it's merely stumbled into film."[20]
==Screenshots & Posters==
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==Videos==
File: Ratchet & Clank Movie Announcement - Teaser|Announcement Teaser
File: Ratchet & Clank Film Trailer E3 2014|Teaser Trailer @ E3 2014
File: Ratchet & Clank Official Trailer 1 (2015) - Bella Thorne Animated Movie HD
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