BOLT (DVD Review) - 21/6/09

Okay, who wouldn't want a copy of this DVD without getting a free plush Rhino toy with it? For simple pleasure BOLT is an absolute treat and the more animated films I watch the more astonishing the quality of the technology advances. The clarity of the photo realism just gets better and better and some new techniques are on show here which is why it's worth checking out the Making Of Featurettes. The usual Disney roller-coaster ride of emotions is run through here (Ignore the cynical facets!) but with a piss-taking cat called Mittens and a psycho hamster in a ball called Rhino - Bolt the lead character is more or less along shooting the breeze than anything else! Bolt the dog has superpowers and uses them in the defense of his owner Penny who is searching for her scientist father who has been kidnapped by the evil Dr. Calico. Unfortunately for Bolt he doesn't realise that he is only an actor on a TV show and through a series of mishaps end's up on the other side of the country trying to desperately get back to Penny. With the help of stray cat Mittens and a TV-watching hamster called Rhino they end up on a road-trip to get back to Penny in Hollywood as real-life danger threatens.

Worth seeing the Rhino short on the Special Features which has a classic moment taken from the original film turned on it's head. Trailers, Featurettes on the music, making of and a selection of deleted scenes with voicework and sneak peeks.