Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Vimacone For some reason, The Rescuers Down Under is overlooked as one of the great Disney films from its renaissance period. I presume because its a sequel to an earlier film. This film has an entirely different tone and atmosphere than the original. This a pure adventure film in the rugged Australian outback and a very breathtaking adventure film at that. Lots of daring and thrilling camera shots and angles throughout; Most of them in the early sequence when Cody frees the eagle from a trap. It's been said that these scenes were inspired by Miyazaki's films such as Nausicaa and Castle in the Sky, which were out at the time of production.What's remarkable about the cast is that all the characters that appear in this film that appeared in the original are voiced by the same voice actors. Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor reprise their roles as Bernard and Bianca respectively. Bernard Fox reprises the role of the Chairmouse, a minor character. Since Jim Jordan, who voiced Oroville, had passed away in 1988, a new albatross was created named Wilbur, brother to Oroville. John Candy was an excellent choice for Wilbur. Otherwise, all the other characters are new. George C. Scott gives the best performance as the villain Percival McCleach. He's a menacing but entertaining villain, surprisingly underrated. (I've been a big fan of Scott's rough gravely voice).Surprisingly, this was released on video before the original was. I remember seeing this one first. Most of us that were born around this time would remember this one well.The film still holds up strongly today and deserves a status as one of the great Disney classics.

Anssi Vartiainen The second film of the so called Disney Renaissance and the only one of them not to be a musical. And because of that, often a very overlooked and forgotten film. Which, I suppose, makes sense. All of the other Renaissance films are certainly more memorable than this one, and are such an integral part of the childhood of anyone who grew up in the 90s.But this film certainly has a lot of good things going for it. The animation, for one, is absolutely gorgeous. The first scene alone, with a long, zooming shot over the outback, is worth the price of admission alone. The flying scenes and the variety of gravity-defying camera angles are also stunning in multitude of ways, the character designs are both creative and flawless, the colours are vibrant and the whole film has a really good feel to it.It's also both nice and very odd to see a sequel in the actual Disney canon. Not that I approve of Disney sequels in general, for obvious reasons, but if you had to make one for any film in the Disney legacy, The Rescuers is one of the stronger candidates. I mean, the original film ends in a cliffhanger of all things.Unfortunately the film suffers from almost the same problems the original film did. The story, while perfectly passable, is not very exciting, especially when compared to the other Disney films of the time. A kid is in danger and somehow it falls to two mice to do the rescuing. The plot is mostly an excuse for some action scenes, a lot of character-based oddness and for the nice animation to shine. Which is fine, don't get me wrong, but it's simply not all that ambitious.The characters are also once again equally bland. The eponymous rescuers, Bernard and Miss Bianca, are both fine, but nothing overly special. The villain is a nice deviation from the norm, but fails to be very memorable. The supporting characters are probably the best thing about this film, aside from the animation, but even they can't hold a candle to other Disney side characters that debuted in the 90s.And that's The Rescuers sequel. It's good, but not great. A fun little adventure for the children, but lacking that spark that would make you watch it again and again even as an adult.

benedikt-entner I am judging movies on what they suppose to be. I know, this is a film designed to appeal to children. But I have some issues with The Rescuers Down Under.It particularly disturbed me as a child, so I would not recommend it as a children movie. Mainly because the plot itself is not very suitable for a children's movie. A mentaly unstable guy hunts animals, he is looking for rare animals to imprison them and sell them for money. And one day he finds a little boy entrapped in one of his animal traps. The boy is now a witness of his criminal activity, so he decides to kidnap him... Thats good material for a thriller or action movie The boy gets imprisoned in an animal cage like all the animals. Silence of the Lambs 2, isn't it? He is far away from home and his family. Are you entertained yet? After all the boy manages to escape with the help of the famous two mice. In the grand finale the villain tries to feed off the little boy to wild crocodiles. Whats the lesson here for children? Be aware of psychopathic kidnappers? Fortunatly the bad guy drowns "by accident". He drowns and it is over. What have we learned children? Australia is not a safe place? Be aware of kidnappers? Don't go outside. If you are lucky and a kidnapper catches you, he will have an "accident". If not, you may never see your family again.

ikrani Disney has had a history of taking touching, beautiful movies that were entertaining and high quality and using them as a crutch for really poor sequels, prequels and "midquels" that have no effort put into them and are just made to make a quick profit. Seriously, Disney executives, have you no knowledge of what Walt was all about when it came to movies? Down Under is the exact opposite. It takes a boring if not slightly humorous movie from 20 years prior and makes a dark, emotionally touching thrill ride of a sequel on armored vehicles and giant eagles. It takes McLeach, no more than a humble poacher trying to make a dishonest buck, and turns him into a cut-throat knife-wielding killer who may very well be one of the smartest villains Disney ever produced. Hell, it makes AN ALBATROSS (voiced by John Candy) GETTING MEDICAL TREATMENT into an exciting subplot. Only in this movie, people, only in THIS movie.The visuals and CGI are spectacular, the shots of the golden eagle being some of the best. The heroes, the villains, and the support cast are all fun to watch; even McLeach's pet lizard-komoto-dragon-salamander-thingy is worth a few laughs. There are no musical numbers, forced or otherwise, to interfere with this movie's grand performance. Without a doubt, one of the most underrated unacknowledged MOVIES, Disney's or anyone else's, of all time. Why this didn't explode into a franchise is anyone's guess.Unless you're a Disney executive.