Such a frustrating disappointment

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This film was relatively unpopular due to being released between The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, but like the Nostalgia Critic says, it is one of Disney's most under-appreciated and underrated films. The Rescuers Down Under is a substantial improvement over The Rescuers (at least in my opinion) due to having more engaging action (the flight scenes are just magnificent), better characters (I found the new characters and their development to be more intriguing), and funnier comedy. I didn't really care for Madame Medusa, Brutus, and Nero, but I could say the opposite for Percival McLeach and Joanna. They were more dark and threatening than Medusa and the crocodiles, and had a better way to be removed from the story (I am not a fan of ambiguity, though I don't know if that would add to The Rescuers' score, subtract from Down Under's score, or both). The best part is that this sequel was made before Disney Sequels were even established as the company's toilet, and the sad thing is that just because it's a sequel, people are looking over it in favor of other Renaissance films. (Keep in mind that this was released 4 years before The Return of Jafar, the first thing considered a Disney Sequel.)

Not just one of my all time favorite Disney movies, but as stated in the summary, it is one of my favorites in terms of animated movies in general (and well-worthy of being one of the best out there).I need to get the whole box office ridiculousness out of the way first though. Basically, this movie was released at exactly the same time as Home Alone (which I don't really care for) causing Disney to pull the plug on all advertising and marketing within the first week of the movie's release, causing it to suffer in the box office, but still managed to go "well" over its budget.Which is unfortunate because at the start of the movie, it begins with one of the greatest animated openings of all time by having a fast moving ground-flight simulation through a field of computer animated flowers which SOUNDS simple but when you actually see it and hear the music along with it (the composer is freaking brilliant in this movie), it gets you really excited for the whole movie and that's what the whole movie is: excitement and it never does it too often, it knows how to slow down for the viewers and the entire tone of the movie is never too childish (which is also great considering it's a G-rated movie). It's seemingly for everyone.The voice acting is fantastic (one of John Candy's best roles in his final years), whoever hired these people (minus the two mice, the main characters, that's a given that they'd be in this sequel) seemed to really care and pay attention to how well they'd fit in with this movie. Everything works, everything clicks together, the music, the voices, the characters... It's such a great film and after you've seen it once, you'll want to see it again and again and again.My only gripe with this movie is that (and it's not even really a big one) is that you have to "assume" that the animals that were captured by the villain were saved at the end which I suppose is fair considering we don't see the child's return to his mother which is another thing we must assume as well. But in a way, this could be considered a good thing, had it taken the same route by having a similar ending to the first by showing the after math of the rescue, it wouldn't have left the viewers with that sort of hyper-ventilating sensation after watching such an exciting movie (seriously, the ending is great too).I'd give it a 9 out of 10. Even after 24 years, it still holds up. One of the greats in terms of animation.

This is a sequel to the adventurous "The Rescuers" from Disney, a story about two mice named Bernard and Miss Bianca from the Rescue Aid Society out to rescue a boy named Cody and his golden eagle friend Marahute from kidnapping poacher, Percival McLeach, in Australia. He is after the endangered species bird for its profitable quarry. As a result, the rescuing Bernard and Bianca team up with the society's local field operative, Jake The Kangaroo Rat, to find Cody, stop McLeach and save Marahute. This movie, Disney's 29th full-length animated feature film and the only such film to be a sequel, is like a daring and fun action-adventure movie, but with animals serving as the protagonists. It's non-stop adventure from Cody freeing Marahute to Bernard and Miss Bianca going through rushing waters to rescue Cody. All the characters, especially the critters, are lovable and memorable. The subplot of Cody and his newly-formed friendship with the eagle he rescued is interwoven into the main plot very well, expanding on the "Rescuers" topic of the movie.This movie, like its prequel, is probably one of the more obscure of Disney films as it does not utilize the fairytale method. I personally like "The Rescuers" more because I thought it was more charming and heartfelt and contained more unforgettable songs. But, this movie is nonetheless one of the more exciting Disney features that would sure delight an audience of all ages.Grade B

The Rescuers Down Under (1990) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Sequel to the 1977 film has an Australian boy being kidnapped by a poacher because he learns that the kid knows the location of a golden eagle and its eggs. Soon the Rescue Aid Society are informed and both Bernard and Bianca are on their way. THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER was considered a major flop when it was first released and I must admit that it's somewhat shocking that Disney would select THE RESCUERS as a film to make a sequel to. Not that the original film is bad but there's certainly many better known titles out there that they could have done a sequel to and I'm sure they would have gone over better with crowds. Either way, this film isn't nearly as good as the original and I think this is mainly due to the story here not being all that good. We've got the same concept of what we saw in the original but the biggest change is that we're now in Australian, which I'm sure was in response to CROCODILE DUNDEE being such a hit. There are a few things that really work here including an amazing opening sequence where the boy ends up on the back of the eagle and goes for an incredibly fun journey through the clouds. If the rest of the film had more scenes like this one then it would have been much better. I also thought that the animation was great but then again you expect this from Disney. Both Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor are good reprising their roles and we get John Candy and George C. Scott doing fine work as well. THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER is far from a bad movie but it never quite reaches the level of the first film, which wasn't a classic either.