Chip N'Dale Rescue Rangers
Directed by Akiva Schaffer
Written by Dan Gregor, Doug Mand
Starring John Mulaney, Adam Samberg, Will Arnett
Release Date May 20th, 2022
The underlying story of Disney’s Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers reboot is human trafficking. Before you freak out and tell me I’m overreacting, hear me out. The plot of the new Chip N’ Dale Rescue Rangers has the newly reunited chipmunk friends searching for their missing friend, Monterey Jack. Jack has been kidnapped by a nefarious gang, his face has been altered, and he’s been sold to an overseas animation company to star in knockoff cartoons against his will.
Now, I do understand that the juxtaposition of a Disney kid flick and the dark reality of human trafficking is the dark and very adult joke that is intended to add a kinky adult joke to this otherwise bland kids show remake, but I’m not laughing. I simply cannot get on board with human trafficking treated like joke. I understand dark humor but, for me, this is a step too far. Regardless of the other minor pleasures and mostly banal existence of Chip N’ Dale Rescue Rangers, the core of the movie is rotten.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
