“Looney Tunes: Back In Action” is certainly an improvement over “Space Jam” but certainly isn’t perfect. This is actually one of the most challenging films I’ve ever had to review because while I find the film to be fun, I think it does not consistently deliver what I wanted from a “Looney Tunes” movie.

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck find themselves on a mission to find the elusive ‘Blue Monkey’ diamond. They are teamed-up with a stuntman/security guard (Brendan Fraser “Monkeybone”, “The Mummy”) and a Hollywood executive (Jenna Elfman “Keeping The Faith”) as they travel across the world to destinations including Las Vegas and Paris, to stop the evil ACME Chairman (Steve Martin “Parenthood”).

I of course love the Looney Tunes and it’s great to see so many of them including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian and even some more obscure ones such as Dr. Lorre. I have mixed feelings about the human characters because while they are actually somewhat amusing, I wanted the focus to be on the Looney Tunes. We also have small appearances from Timothy Dalton (“Rocketeer”), Heather Locklear (“Wayne’s World 2”), Matthew Lillard (“Scooby-Doo”) and many others. My favourite cameos are by all the 1950s sci-fi movie characters including Robby The Robot from “Forbidden Planet”. The way that cartoon characters so seamlessly share the screen with real actors reminded me of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”.

There are some genuinely funny scenes here and there but at the same time, it feels like the movie is throwing so much at you that it’s not always clear that this is meant to be a “Looney Tunes” film. I have mixed feelings on this movie and it really could go either way for me but I cannot deny that it is entertaining but don’t expect to be as good as some of the other films by director Joe Dante such as “Gremlins”.