The only experience I have with the “Ratchet & Clank” videogame franchise consists of a literally a few minutes so I did not go into this film with any real understanding of what to expect. This is another C.G.I. animated movie but as it is based on a videogame, it really feels like we are watching a videogame and the film even contains a training scene that plays exactly like a tutorial from a computer game.

Ratchet (James Arnold Taylor “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”) is a mechanic, who stumbles upon a small robot that he nicknames ‘Clank’ (David Kaye). The two of them decide to help a ground of intergalactic heroes stop some evil villains from destroying planets.

If you are a fan of the videogames then you will probably like the Ratchet and Clank characters. I found the duo to be very boring. Clank can speak but has less personality than R2-D2. The only remotely funny character was Captain Qwark (Jim Ward), a goofy hero that puts fame above actually being heroic. What’s really sad is that Sylvester Stallone (“The Expendables”) plays one of the villains. Aside from the Captain Qwark character, none of the characters are the slightest bit interesting.

“Ratchet & Clank” looks like a videogame and not a particularly pretty one. The movie involves battles across the galaxy yet I’ve got more thrills from buttering toast. The dialog in this movie thinks that it is really funny but most of it falls completely flat. Young children that are big fans of the videogame franchise might get some enjoyment from this but I think most of them will be wondering where the controller is because a lot of it feels like you are watching a friend play a game. “Ratchet & Clank” might be okay for fans that have played all the games and own action figures and everything else but for the rest of us, this is a terrible children’s movie.