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New Century of Cinema
DOWSE Guide to the
Movies
by Tony Lee editor of
Pigasus
Press
Inspector Gadget
Director: David Kellogg
75 minutes (U) widescreen 1.85:1 Disney DVD
review by Jeff Young
Basically, this big screen spin-off from the likeable Saturday morning cartoon series
is RoboCop for the preschool audience. Matthew Broderick stars as the eponymous
cyborg police officer, in a plot that borrows heavily from various Bond movies,
The Mask, and the aforementioned 'RoboCop' saga. At least there are a few
choice satirical gags to keep older teenagers interested, the mums may like Rupert
Everett's sneering corporate villain, while dads will enjoy the all-too-brief
appearance of roboBrenda, an android copy of the heroine/inventor played by Joely
Fisher. For his part, Broderick struggles to keep a dignified presence during the
almost non-stop slapstick comedy, and only comes into his own when playing robo-Gadget,
the hero's city wrecking doppelganger. The effects work is dazzling and flawless, just
as you'd expect from the world's foremost animation studio. Keep your seats for the final
credits sequence where they have tacked on all the best jokes!
DVD extras: bare minimum, no gizmos. Scene access in 13 chapters, four
sound languages, four language subtitles including English for the hard of hearing.
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