Film Review – Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow

Mystery is back this autumn, which welcomes the return of Hercule Poirot in “A Haunting in Venice,” giving adults an option when it comes to their filmgoing choices. For the kids, there’s “Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow,” which is also a whodunit, albeit one with more cartoon interests to help please a specific demographic. Screenwriter Rocco Pucillo takes inspiration from the “Pink Panther” movies for the work, creating Inspector Sun, a bold but slightly clumsy detective who always seems to find himself in the middle of trouble wherever he goes. The feature is “A Bug’s Life” with a body count, and director Julio Soto Gurpide keeps things relatively breezy during the short run time, cooking up pursuit sequences and sleuthing challenges, which bring some snap to the effort before it succumbs to family film formula. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com