![]() ![]() It was nice to see the settings and characters from the first installment again. It really should’ve been titled “A Villain Named Little Gru.” It hits all the beats a standardized prequel movie does, showcasing how Gru met characters integral to his life while incorporating several deep-cut fan services for people who have followed the franchise since day one. Watching young Gru cause mayhem by using a gas bomb to make an audience vacate a theater, or using a cheese whiz gun to skip people in line for ice cream (a sweet nod to the first movie’s opening) was entertaining. It serves as a better direct prequel than Minions. This installment instantly captured the fun essence the Despicable Me franchise is best known for when little Gru is introduced. Because this movie is called “ Minions,” Gru ends up getting kidnapped, causing a wild goose chase for the Minions to save him and the artifact that a brace-faced Minion named Otto trades for a pet rock. To earn the respect of his favorite supervillain organization The Vicious Six, who just betrayed their leader Wild Knuckles, he steals a prized artifact from them. ![]() Their loyalty is A1, but their chaotic slapstick antics don’t progress his villainous attempts. Despite knowing all their names, he hasn’t necessarily warmed up due to their short attention spans. ![]() Set in 1976, nearly a decade after the events of the predecessor––which Gru was also 11 years old in–– The Minions and Gru haven’t seen eye to eye in their relationship. Whereas Minions was a structureless, unfocused cash grab masked as a prequel, Rise of Gru has a basis for its existence. ![]()
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