I very vaguely remember Bionicles being a thing. They were an array of toy robots from Lego and they even got their own film series. “Bionicle: Mask Of Light” is clearly a film aimed at very young kids. It feels like “Lord of the Rings” with the Transformers.

In “Bionicle: Mask Of Light”, a group of good Bionicle robots must fulfil their destiny by going on an epic journey while carrying a mystical artefact. Along the way, they must do battle with evil robots. I’m sure people that are into Bionicles could tell you in more detail but I’m afraid that a lot of just went in one ear and straight out the other.

The robots themselves are not very exciting. They’re like Transformers but with even less distinct personalities. The animation on the robots is fine for direct-to-video children’s film from the early 2000s. The animation is not as good as “Toy Story” or anything like that. Of course, just like in the “Transformers” cartoons, the good robots spend a lot of their time fighting the bad robots. One of the little robots spends so much time calling out his friend’s name that it almost feels like something from a parody skit at times.

I’m sure kids who love Bionicles with love this movie but to me, I just wish I was watching “Transformers”. The whole plot was so generic and similar to “Lord of the Rings” that I just couldn’t get invested in what was going on. I appreciate that I’m really not the target demographic. I understand that this is not a terrible film or anything like that, it’s just not my cup of tea. There would be more “Bionicle” films and then finally, Lego started making some other “Lego” movies with the most notable one being “The Lego Movie” in 2014 and that film was way better than this.