The Bad Guys

The Bad Guys

When the infamous Bad Guys are finally caught after years of countless heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a deal to save them all from prison.

  • Released: 2022-03-17
  • Runtime: 100 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy
  • Stars: Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Richard Ayoade, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh, Alex Borstein, Barbara Goodson, Walt Dohrn, Dina Morrone, Michael Godere, Kelly Cooney, David P. Smith, John Venzon, Jesse Averna, Lex Lang
  • Director: Pierre Perifel
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  • LancelotSB - 20 April 2024
    Fast & Furious meets Zootopia. Great actions and enjoyable.
    A pretty decent movie with a great amount of action and a fun movie to watch along with your family and friends. Love the animation style - clean & very detail-oriented.

    The scores were nice, the original song was great & catchy. The colour palette was nice for me. Some questionable voice castings, like Awkafina for Web - didn't resonate with me with the character.

    The storyline was good though it was a bit predictable. But still enjoyable to watch. It reminded me of the Fast & Furious franschise as if it was in Zootopia world, though unlike in Zootopia there are humans in here. Recommended.
  • robinhio84_ - 3 December 2023
    A Familiar ¨Bad¨ Formula with Great Charm
    This film offers delightful highs, especially the characters. The plot as expected is mostly predictable, but the pace, dialogue and humour are likely to charm a lot of viewers.

    Story Summary: The narrative revolves around anthropomorphic animals orchestrating a bank robbery. While the main storyline may seem somewhat generic, reminiscent of heist movies from the late '90s and early 2000s, it's skillfully brought into the modern era. Which can be noted with gadgets, dialogue and the role of influencers.

    Analysis: Despite the thin and generic plot, the movie shines bright due to it attention to detail. Unexpected moments emerge, making it great entertainment for both the young and old.

    The characters are well-thought-out, and the film successfully blends current affairs and humor alike.

    Dialogue: 9/10 realistic dialogue, sharp jokes and great pacing throughout the story. Whilst there are some needed plot cliches, none it feels recycled

    Voice Acting: 8/10 The voice acting is consistently good, with no standout performances, yet every actor effectively contributes, keeping the audience engaged. Wolf is the main character but all the supportive cast is just a good. It's also what makes this movie come to live. Not every animation movie or series or video game is blessed with good casting. This movie got it right.

    Visuals: 9/10 The movie is impeccably produced, featuring convincing scenes with top-notch animation. The choice of have realistic cartoon 3D style cartoon with kawaii is original an it gives the movie a unique style. I

    Music: 7/10 Animation music can often become theatrical, but this movie seamlessly integrates it for example in an exciting car chase scene. And even a performance. The one thing missing would be a bop for the kids

    Notes:
    • This movie includes some scary scenes for the youngest viewers, making it advisable to watch with kids.


    • The film maintains broad appeal without delving into political themes.


    Overall Assessment: 8.5/10 This film doesn't strive to be the most original, wisely focusing on fleshing out characters and infusing current affairs and humor. It successfully highlights a diverse set of characters without feeling forced, making it a perfect choice for family entertainment.

    This movie a very pleasant surprise and is great watch with or without kids.
  • carmichaelalexander-73628 - 3 July 2023
    One of the best DreamWorks films in years!
    The Bad Guys is a return to form for DreamWorks. After 2 disappointments last year, they finally went back to what made them brilliant in the beginning, Parodies.

    This one is a salute to one of the oldest genres of modern cinema, the heist movie! A combination of Oceans and Tarantino, minus the sex and graphic violence. Held together by a witty script that walks the fine line between children and adults.

    As you'd expect from DreamWorks, the animation is top notch. The voice acting is the standout, with a particularly memorable turn from Richard Ayoade as a Revolting Rodent.

    A future classic.
  • leoocampo - 10 December 2022
    Fun, Albeit Formulaic, Animated Film
    I remember when Pixar and the Pixar clones were all still very fresh. The roster of really great computer-animated films seemed to just continue growing: Toy Story, Monster's Inc, Up, Wall-E, Ratatouille, Shrek and its sequels and offshoots. Even Disney started getting into it... Yes, it made THAT "film" that shall not be named. But it also made truly great films: Moana and Coco. It seemed like every month or so there was another big one dropping, with all the marketing and buzz. I would have hated it... except that so many of them were so consistently ... good. Even the Toy Story sequels seemed to continue building on the basic premise and grow along with the original fans, continuing to have something to say about the characters. Ratatouille was just in all respects a perfect film, regardless of what technology or medium it might have been made in. And so many of these seemed to have novel concepts or ideas, and the films explored those ideas and used them either to tell tried and true story archetypes using established tropes, or else to tell stories that themselves felt fresh and creative. There was a surprising amount of insight, subtle humor, and just damn good writing to go along with the flashy animation.

    Now, it seems the market for CG-animated features is more saturated than ever with so many different studios pumping these out that I gave up keeping track. And the list of entries keep trying to come up with new and interesting ideas: Seeing Red, Sea Beast, Luck, Soul, Encanto. It's down to every couple of weeks we get another one, and the quality is, generally pretty good, but the range has definitely grown. Seeing Red didn't quite pan out for me, but was by no means "bad". Whereas, Encanto was yet another classic and turned out to really surprise me as yet another A list entry. Raya and the Last Dragon... somewhere between those. This space has become a virtual genre in its own right, despite having an INCREDIBLE range of settings, characters, ideas, concepts, etc. They are all vastly different. Yet somehow, they all FEEL very similar. Amazingly, shockingly, similar. With some deviations, of course.

    And here come The Bad Guys into this landscape. What is it about? Eh, it doesn't really matter. It's a creative enough idea, sure. A wolf, a snake, a shark, a Piranha, and a tarantula are basically a gang of thieves called "The Bad Guys", having been stereotyped by the world as the default villains of every story. So, at it's base, this is a story about assumptions, identity, and free will to choose to become something other than what the world labels you as. I like the idea. The film carries this idea... exactly as far as it needed to in order to hold the plot together, and not a step further. If you're looking for it to really build on and develop the ideas, you're going to be let down. That is something that separates a Toy Story or a Ratatouille from a Sea Beast or a Seeing Red.

    Still, The Bad Guys has some heart and is a fun, enjoyable time. Very much so, in fact. And you know why? Because it's so formulaic. The CG-animated space is so dominated by the Pixar.and Dreamworks entries of the early era, that there's a formula for getting this right. It's a balance of cuteness, humor, action, and cool things to look at, with a certain dose of story, characters, and drama thrown in. The stories, even if not the plots, tend to follow a set of predictable arcs around predictable themes like friendship, loyalty, betrayal, and reconciliation. Themes like social outcasts, finding a community/sense of belonging, followed by integration or redemption. Fair enough that you could say that about all of film and all story-telling in general, but without succumbing to reductio ad absurdum, you probably know what I mean. It's the formula that maintains a certain consistency and quality to these films that is so successful. It's hard not to enjoy them, even when you see they phoned some things home or missed opportunities to further expand the potential of an idea. But, at least it won't be bad. For all the pariah status of the characters, this film is surprisingly safe. It doesn't take any risks. It doesn't try to be anything too much or say anything too deep or thoughtful, even as it is built on a reasonably thoughtful premise.

    The one area The Bad Guys does deviate a bit is animation style. Just like I can't articulate what it is exactly that makes "The Pixar Look", you know what I mean. Everything from A Bug's Life to the Incredible to How to Train Your Dragon has that same-ish kinda surrealistically-cutsie-yet bordering-on-photo-realism-but-somehow-comically-cartoony look and feel. The Bad Guys has this, as a base, but then takes a much more stylized animation approach. There are graphic novel-esque effects, and exaggerated almost Looney-Tunes like animated moments. But this is not something you can credit to the film itself, as it's part of a wider trend in animation ever since the highly stylized Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse shook things up a few years back now. So, even while taking risks or trying to stand out as something different, it still looks like it was playing it safe.

    Should you skip this one? Not intentionally. It's a fun movie and a good time, and has just enough heart that you'll be glad you saw it (if you like these kind of films that is). But, at the same time, if you happen to miss it, don't feel bad. The Bad Guys is just good enough to feel like it could have been really great, but never took the extra effort, time, or risks necessary to make the jump. I can't imagine anyone hating this film, but it's not going to be topping anyone's lists, and in a few year will likely just blend in with the pack.
  • nelaknight - 11 November 2022
    Ocean's Eleven Gone Wild
    This movie was really fun and hilarious. I wasn't expecting it to be this good. I love being surprised. Great voices with great written characters. This is what you get when you know what your doing. The plot thickens,twists,turns,slithers,crawls,car chases,connives and causes trouble at every turn. Great job animators,writers,voice actors,director and all involved with this little gem. Gotta admit,as an adult,I liked this film a little too much. I see two and three on the way. I'm definitely getting Ocean's Eleven vibes,but with a twist here. As an adult,I love animation,when it's done right.
  • cardsrock - 1 November 2022
    A fun caper
    One of the better DreamWorks films in some time, The Bad Guys is a breezy heist film that wears its inspirations on its sleeve. Sam Rockwell does his best George Clooney impression as the Wolf and remains effortlessly charming throughout. The jokes are fast-paced and mostly land. The animation is very reminiscent of Sony's recent animated output, which is a compliment. The plot has its expected swerves, however I will say I was hoping for more of a wallop of a twist at the end. It seemed to be building towards an Ocean's Eleven type finale, but it didn't quite deliver. The rest of the film however, is good enough to make up for it.