Escape From Planet Earth (2013)

Escape From Planet Earth

In Movie Theaters February 15, 2013

Escape From Planet Earth release date February 15, 2013
STARRING the voices of: Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, James Gandolfini
DIRECTED BY: Cal Brunker
STUDIO: The Weinstein Co.
RATING: PG (For crude humor, cartoon violence)
Escape From Planet Earth Official Website: www.escapeearthmovie.com
DVD release date: TBD
Escape From Planet Earth movie box office report:
Opening Day: $3,702,000
Opening Weekend: $16,066,000
Number of Theaters: 3,288
Total Gross: TBD

Another Smurf movie is due out this summer, but apparently someone’s market research indicated that the public appetite for blue animated characters might need sating before then. The result is “Escape From Planet Earth,” a children’s movie about space-traveling blue beings that has lots of high-flying escapades but fairly low aspirations.

The film features some recognizable names doing the voice work but gives them a boilerplate story, about polar-opposite brothers on a planet named Baab who end up in a pickle on Earth. Scorch (Brendan Fraser) is the muscular, heroic type who is dispatched to various points in the universe on rescue missions, while Gary (Rob Corddry) is his somewhat nerdy brother, who assists Scorch from the safety of mission control. When Scorch is lured to Earth by a fake rescue call orchestrated by an evil human, General Shanker (William Shatner), Gary has to find courage and try to save his brother.