2 March 2010

Go West, A Lucky Luke Adventure - A Movie Review

French animations always have a fascinating sense of humour and beauty. Though the story itself is little bit of cliche, hero won, gangster lose, the greedy richman got what he deserved. The figures in this movie are very formulaic and predictable.

However, I still love this movie. It has a sense of humour what Made in Hollywood don't acquire.


The story was simple. It started in New York City in the period of California Gold Rush. Lucky Luke was a handsome and clever detective who was also a cowboy riding on his romantic horse. His role in the movie was to catch the Dalton Brothers and send them to prison. The Dalton Brothers were a foursome gangster who were famous all over the country by their passion of robbing banks and playing guns.


After a dramatic and wild tram ride, the Dalton brothers managed to escape from the police under their eyes. They hide the money they robbed from the bank into a wagon and hope to pick it up the next day.


However the next day turned out to be a day with dozens of wagons gathering around the square. They were a group of fresh-on-boat foreigners who were deceived by a dealer, Crook. They bought a land from that Crook in California at a very low price under one condition, that they must arrive their within 80 days, which seemed impossible at that time.

Lucky Luke showed up and caught the Dalton brothers, who were actually relectant to leave in order to search their money among the wagons. The foreigners begged Lucky Luke to help them find a quickest way to California.

During their way to the west coast, they encountered the 19th century USA and all the cats and dogs. The Chinese couple who had a restaurant wagon was also entertaining.Another astonishing plot was the big 3D screen showing as a prophecy of modern lifestyles by a Indian wizard. Kids were somehow chewing pop corns.The whole movie was in French without a single piece of English conversation. I must say it can touch the softest part of your heart, awakening childhood memories.

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