Film Review – Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate

While released with the highest of hopes for serious box office performance, 2010’s “Megamind” didn’t live up to expectations, only managing to attract a smaller audience for a DreamWorks Animation endeavor. Franchise plans were dropped, but apparently they never died. 14 years later, DreamWorks returns to “Megamind” via the launch of a streaming series, giving the new idea a feature-length pilot in “Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate,” which looks to entice fans by returning to the comedic mayhem of Metro City and its newly heroic defender. Missing from the update is all of the cast and crew, with the sequel aiming to make magic with a substantially lower budget. No more Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, and Jonah Hill in voice roles, and no more lavish CGI animation. What “Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate” does provide is a way to keep younger viewers occupied for 80 minutes, with the effort mostly about making noise, finding the writing unable to improve on the already low standards of the original film. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com