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Fierce creatures

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Movie propaganda

Sequel to A fish called Wanda, the outrageous fun begins when ruthless media mogul Rod McCain (Kevin Kline - Academy award best supporting actor for A fish called Wanda) acquires England's Marwood Zoo. Determined to transform the quaint little zoo into a moneymaking attraction, McCain sends his sexy marketing executive Willa (Jamie Lee Curtis) and his lecherous son Vince (Kevin Kline) to whip the place into shape. Upon arrival, however, they discover Marwood's strait-laced director Rollo (John Cleese) has already implemented his own harebrained scheme to boost attendance: from now on the zoo will do away with cute, cuddly animals and display only fierce creatures. Things take a wild and woolly turn when the outraged zookeepers, led by insect expert Bugsy Malone (Michael Palin), launch a riotous revolt to save their furry friends!

Persons of interest

John Cleese .... Screenwriter, Rollo Lee
Jamie Lee Curtis .... Willa Weston
Kevin Kline .... Vince McCain, Rod McCain
Robert Lindsay .... Sydney Lotterby
Michael Palin .... Adrian "Bugsy" Malone
Ronnie Corbett .... Reggie Sea Lions
Carey Lowell .... Cub Felines
Bille Brown .... Neville
Derek Griffiths .... Garry Ungulates
Cynthia Cleese .... Pip Small Mammals
Richard Ridings .... Hugh Primates
Maria Aitken .... Di Harding
Iain Johnstone .... Screenwriter
William Goldman .... Screenwriter
Fred Schepisi .... Director
Robert Young .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

I vaguely remember A fish called Wanda and that it was somewhat better than ok. Fierce creatures crosses the fine line and is somewhat less than ok.

This film was made because of sequelitis - the fevered search for money by making a sequel that has no other reason for being made other than to make money. No artistic merit, no insight into the human condition, no examination of the universe, no excitement, no poetry, no beauty, no contribution to the sum of human understanding, no plausibility, no contact with reality, nothing worth watching, nothing that isn't a cliché.

Which is to say that I didn't like it.

The actors walk through the movie reciting badly-written lines from a script that stumbles from ridiculous to farcical to downright insulting. The attack on Rupert Murdoch - whether or not it is deserved - barely rises to the level of the gutter press. The Pythons continue the ideas that were fresh and entertaining 30 years ago, but are now old and hackneyed. This film is both painful and boring, and I hope that everyone got paid very well because that is its only possible redeeming feature, for those who made the money.

Media intelligence (DVD)

Audio: English 5.1, German 5.0, Hungarian (stereo), Polish (mono), Czech (surround)
Languages: English, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Picture: Widescreen (aspect ratio 1.85:1)
Disc: single side, single layer
Original Widescreen presentation
Original theatrical trailer
Production notes
Cast and filmmaker's notes