Originally meant as a direct-to-video release, this sequel to The Rescuers (1977) barely has anything more to give than sharp, standard animation when compared to other sequel releases like Atlantis II – Milo’s Return (Probably the worst sequel ever, since the original hadn’t much to give either) but other than this The Rescuers 2 is nothing than yet another attempt (First attempt) to cash into the success of the original, which was one of the most successful Disney films in time of original release.

Story-wise, this movie left me flat, after putting two and two together I realized that it was nothing more than a rehash of the original. Imagine, two mice from the Rescue Aid Society fly on albatross to a faraway land to rescue a child who’s been kidnapped and has sent a plea for help. It seems that the villain and his minions need the little boy to help him retrieve a valuable treasure. As you can see, the storyline is anything but original, that’s why I was shocked when I read that the makers of this had thought the original had a weak story, but compared to this one, it had way more lust and charm.

The movie has too much of a modern setting to be memorable and the characters are uninteresting, especially the two main characters Bernard and Miss Bianca, who not only look old and awful but are boring and minor characters. The boy they are rescuing is rather bland and has almost no personality. Characters like the caged animals are only added for a longer running time (And don’t even get rescued in the end!), happenings are sometimes ridiculously exagerated and the ending feels rushed and incomplete.

The original The Rescuers was a hands-down favorite, so I decided to give its sequel a chance, however for reasons I’ve stated above, I disliked it and don’t feel like recommending it. Watch the original or other early Disney animated classic instead. 1/5.

After having loved Disney’s first adaptation of Margery Sharp’s The Rescuers series, The Rescuers from 1977, I decided to give a try to one of their many unnecessary, badly done sequels. Well, I wasn’t disappointed because I wasn’t expecting nothing more than pure garbage and that is what I got.

The makers of this film obviously watched the first movie, since the whole plot manages to completely rip-off the original’s touching dramatic plot and somehow turn it into tasteless, bland, cheap comedy at the same time not managing to capture a single element from Margery Sharp’s books, which the first film had done so beautifully.

Not only that, but the story is unrealistic and uninteresting, too many corners are cut and it bugs me that it doesn’t even bother to keep on the same style as the first film (Which was attempted in 101 Dalmatians II – Patch’s London Adventure), the ending leaves lose-ends all over the place, a couple of caged animals are left there to rot despite helping the boring “hero” boy and saving his life, but either way, these lose ends don’t even bother me because I cared so little about the story and characters here that what happens to them in the end matters to me not. The thing that bothered me the most was how the film had Bernard and Miss Bianca engaged in the end, I was like WHAT?! That’s a bucket of cold water and a knife stabbed onto Margery Sharp’s heart! She never would have allowed that to happen in her stories. Absolutely sickening.

There’s many other flaws with the film besides the boring, copied story, the tasteless comedy and the empty characters, but the bottom line is, stick to Margery Sharp’s books and Disney’s 1977 film, avoid this at all costs.