Disney’s 2013 toon Planes did enough business to justify this 2014 sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue, but the two features, both animated by Disney’s second-tier cartoon unit used mostly for television animation, have the kind of sparseness and lack of drive that easily differentiate them from the studio’s more mainstream efforts like Frozen and Tangled. The stories aren’t nearly as compelling, the characterizations are much less complex, and there’s a feeling of ho-hum about them once they’re over. The family’s younger folk will certainly be drawn in, but these efforts do not offer for an adult audience the charm, wit, and complexity that the best of Disney and Pixar can manage.
Studio: Disney
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.39.1
Audio: English 7.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DD
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Rating: PG
Run Time: 1 Hr. 24 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy
keep case in a slipcoverDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: ABC
Release Date: 11/04/2014
MSRP: $39.99
The Production Rating: 3/5
Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 4.5/5
Special Features Rating: 3/5
Overall Rating: 3/5
Reviewed By: Matt Hough
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