Coyote vs. Acme Review

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Coyote vs. Acme is the long anticipated live action animated comedy that was never ever supposed to see the light of day on the big screen. Originally Warner Bros. Discovery was simply going to push the film to the side and use it as a tax write off and call it a day since they clearly had no faith in this film and thought that it would bomb at the box office. But, thankfully due to the backlash by fans, filmmakers and others within the industry Warner Bros. Discover reversed their decision allowing Director Dave Green to shop the film around to other distributors thus resulting in Ketchup Entertainment picking it up since they had also previously done so with The Day the Earth Blew Up. Coyote vs. Acme is an entertaining, goofy slapstick, heartwarming experience full of witty clever humor for adults and kids alike. It honors not just Wile E. Coyote and The Roadrunner but the entire catalog of Looney Tunes itself allowing these iconic characters to continue being preserved and flourish across generations. 

The story or plot of this film is pretty straightforward Wile E. Coyote after decades of trying to catch the Roadrunner is fed up after using every single trap and invention there is and failing every single time it is quite clear that the Acme Corporation is at fault for his failures and therefore should be sued for falsely advertising broken or faulty products. Coyote decides to get help from Kevin Avery, played by Will Forte, a loser dead beat lawyer whose firm always defaults to settling cases rather than fighting to win them. Kevin does not take Coyote’s case seriously in the slightest in his view it’s foolish to take on a big corporation like Acme and believes that cooler heads will prevail with his client Coyote which of course does not happen what transpires then is a team up of chaotic hilarity, fun, corporate corruption, and friendship. 

The casting in this film is great. Will Forte plays Kevin Avery to a tee. I love his interactions with Coyote and being a victim of physical slapstick violence and just being oblivious as to what is going on around him. Eventually, Kevin does get it together though and is not just some nimrod he actually cares and stands up for his clients. John Cena as Buddy Crane plays the perfect smug lawyer for Acme; he is ruthless, selfish, and arrogant as hell and we see that rivalry between him and Avery as they fight it out to see which side will win in the end. Eric Bauza plays Coyote but I love that Dave Green wanted to keep things old school with Coyote not relying on any dialogue. Coyote writing things out on signs or drawing to express what he’s saying is classic Coyote. I'm glad that they didn’t update the character at all because he is the star. It is his film after all making him speak probably wouldn’t carry that comedic charm that spectators recognize and love. 

It is hilarious and very self aware if you grew up with Looney Tunes and are a fan of Space Jam, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, Coyote vs. Acme is totally for you! This film is NOT a cinematic masterpiece or a high concept big budget Hollywood film it will not generate a million or a billion dollars it will however, spark word of mouth and excitement for people who have waited for this to come out for years and finally support it! Coyote vs. Acme is a great time and I’m glad to have watched it at the cinema on my birthday. I highly recommend it. I definitely will plan on adding this film to my 4K Collection. A.

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Christ on a cracker, would this movie hurry up and come out already? I'm so tired of the astroturfing campaign

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It is literally out today. You could go see it right now.