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I
wasn’t in the crowd
that hated
Space
Chimps.
I LOVED
Space
Chimps,
mainly because the
main character Ham,
was voiced by Andy
Samberg and I find
Andy Samberg
hilarious. This
second movie doesn’t
star Ham but it has
Ham in it and no
Andy Samberg, that
was a major blow to
the movie and the
main reason I didn’t
like
Space
Chimps 2.
Space
Chimps 2
follows Comet the
tech monkey. He
didn’t get to go on
the Chimps’ first
mission through the
wormhole. He stayed
at home. When a new
mission was
announced, Comet was
planning and looking
forward to making
the trip. When that
was nixed, he gets
upset and mopes
around in the
rocket. He
accidentally
initiates the launch
sequence and he
makes the back to
through the wormhole
to see some familiar
places. On the
foreign planet he
finds his friend
Kilowatt, explores
their world and
comes home only to
find that the evil
Zartog, once a lawn
statue and undone by
the Space Chips, is
now unthawed and
very much evil and
alive. It’s up to
Comet, Ham, and the
rest of the Chimps
to stop him from
taking over the
world.
Space
Chimps 2
biggest problem is
there’s no Andy
Samberg. The issue
that’s almost as big
is that it follows
Comet instead of
Ham. The story isn’t
one that you’ll
connect to or have
any feel to. What’s
worse is there are
maybe two or three
laughs in the whole
movie where there
were tons in the
first movie. This is
a straight to video
release and it
definitely feels
like it.
There’s not a lot to
mention with
Space
Chimps 2.
It’s a decent kids
movie that they’ll
laugh at and enjoy
but it won’t be at
the top of the pile
for things they want
to watch either. The
original didn’t fare
well with audiences,
and the only thing
that made the
original good was
Andy Samberg’s
humor, was missing
with this movie.
It’s not terrible,
but it’s not exactly
enjoyable either.
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