Sackboy, Sly Cooper and Sir Daniel: The Three Musketeers

Sackboy, Sly Cooper and Sir Daniel: The Three Musketeers is a 2018 animated film based on the video game PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale. The film was released alongside Book Club, Deadpool 2 and Show Dogs.

## Plot

Sackboy and his friends Sly Cooper & Sir Daniel visit a mayan like landscape with their uncle Kratos. One day, when Sackboy and the others are voted the chosen ones, they make a journey to Parappa Town for a a special vacation. But along the way, they have to stop an anime girl named Stocking from eliminating the city.

## Why It Rocks

1. Beautiful animation, especially for 2018 standards.
2. The concept of 3 PlayStation characters going on a quest is very creative.
3. The film is a big improvement over Ratchet & Clank (2016). However, the film was made by Gramercy Pictures while this film was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
4. Sackboy and his friends are all very likable.
5. Stocking does a very good job as a villain, and her backstory is very emotional. Her family was killed by a plague while in the mayan land.
6. Yellow from LocoRoco makes an appearance in the movie as he visits the hotel with Sackboy, Sly Cooper & Sir Daniel.
7. The landscapes are wonderful to look at.
8. Awesome music score by Paul Intson.
9. The film's cover of Lay All Your Love On Me is beautiful.
10. Wonderful voice acting from actors such as Emily Browning, Roger Craig Smith, Greg Page, Anna Paquin and others.
11. It does a good job at not cashing in on dead trends which makes it suitable for teens and adults to watch.
12. The visual effects on Stocking's robot MAWLR is very impressive. In fact, the visual effects in the movie earned it a Grand Lake Award for Best Visual Effects.
13. It has a good grasp of the source material.
14. We finally get to hear Sir Daniel talk for the first time instead of him just murmuring.
15. It has some interesting cameos. In one scene, you can see Ann Takamaki from the Persona video games in a choir with the citizens of Parappa Town. There is also a cameo of the apes from Ape Escape.

## Bad Qualities

1. Some of the people in the mayan land can be unlikable.
2. The film was almost a box office bomb due to it being overshadowed by other hits like Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War. Thankfully, the film was saved from it being a failure.
3. Stocking is somewhat of a Mary-Sue.
4. The scene where the MAWLR zooms up to the screen for 5 seconds can be scary for younger viewers.
5. **Misleading Title:** Sackboy, Sly Cooper & Sir Daniel aren't musketeers till the 2nd half of the beginning and during the final battle.
6. **Bad Release Date:** The film opened the same day as Deadpool 2 which was another film released by Fox.

## Box Office

In the United States and Canada, the film was released on May 18, 2018 alongside Book Club, Deadpool 2 and Show Dogs, and was projected to gross $30-35 million over it's opening weekend. The film earned $16 million on it's first day, including $4.7 million from Thursday night previews. It went to debut to $54.8 million, finishing at #3 behind Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War. It's second weekend saw in take $25.3 million finishing in fourth place behind Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2 and Solo: A Star Wars Story. It made $18.2 million in it's third weekend and $21.2 million.

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