You know Hollywood is scraping the bottom of the garbage can when the latest cartoon series to get the 3-D feature film treatment is one that, even viewed through the rose-tinted filter of childhood memories, was still a bit rubbish. But, however unfunny the TV series, Top Cat: The Movie 3D is much worse. This ungainly updating of the adventures of a streetwise kitty and his gang is inept on pretty much every level.
The 3-D is about the worst I’ve ever seen. Characters appear to be floating in mid-air for large chunks of the action. Then there’s the screenplay, which shakes a clenched paw at surveillance culture and all-pervasive technology. Sadly, it’s written by people whose idea of a cutting-edge technological reference is to drop the words “Windows Vista” randomly into the middle of a conversation. Alberto Mar, U (90min)