“Lego: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers” came out several years before “The Lego Movie”. However, this direct-to-video flick is not as entertaining as the theatrical Lego movies. “The Adventures Of Clutch Powers” may entertain young kids but it’s hardly the most fascinating family movie out there.

Clutch Powers likes to work alone but on his latest adventure, he will have to work as part of a team. The team go to a prison planet to respond to a distress signal. However, some dangerous crooks escape. Now, Clutch and the team must try to stop an evil wizard bad guy but they will have to work together if they are to succeed.

The Clutch Powers character is okay. He’s like Indiana Jones. Rather embarrassingly, he has the Lego logo on his jacket. The other characters are really disappointing. The other teammates include an annoying tough guy by the name of Brick Masterson. The evil wizard is pretty underwhelming. There are some goofy skeletons that are somewhat fun. There is also a troll and a prince but neither are very engaging. The animation on all the characters looks fine considering this is a direct-to-video effort. They definitely don’t look as good as the characters in the theatrical films though.

“Lego: The Adventures Of Clutch Powers” will likely appeal to young children but I imagine they will prefer “The Lego Movie” to this. This one certainly does feel more like a desperate attempt to promote the Lego toys. I know all the films are just giant adverts but in this one, the promotion feels a lot more blatant. A lot of the gags fall flat here and it’s just not as entertaining as I hoped it would be. It does a nice job of showing lots of different environments and the animation is perfectly fine though.