First, I didn't even know what to expect. Was this the Buzz Lightyear that got stuck on a toy? Did his mission inspire movies and toys? How was the toy alive? Is this an alternate story? Is Buzz just a movie in ToyStory universe? Really didn't even know the exact timeline. But hoping they will clarify if this will be connected to the ToyStory universe.
This movie is about Buzz Lightyear and Alicia Hawthorne who are Space Rangers. The movie starts when Buzz decides to explore a planet where they detected lifeforms. But once they landed they encounter creatures that attack them. Then they are stuck there forever. Buzz is the only one who attempts to find a way out and go back home. On his attempt to escape Buzz must reach hyperspeed. But he fails constantly and everytime he fails he travels years into the future. So, as his friends keeps aging normally Buzz stays the same. He keeps going over 100 years and he reach the time when his friend Alisha dies and even got to meet his friend's granddaughter Izzy Hawthorne. Buzz even receives a companion Cat bot which help him through his mission. As he keeps going he eventually works with his new team and learns to trust them to succeed.
When Buzz finally founds the fuel needed to return home a new villain appears. His name is Zurg. He is after Buzz to get him to help him go back home. Due to his new team inexperience he constantly fails to keep the fuel and finally Zurg gets the fuel and also takes Buzz. It is later revealed that Zurg is actually Buzz from the future. He explained that with that fuel they could use it to go back in time to prevent any of this to happen. When older Buzz tries to explain his plan, Buzz realizes that if he helps older Buzz then his new team would disappear. Also, his friend Alisha Hawthorne wouldn't have had the family & life she had on that planet. Everyone will disappear if they go back in time. Buzz decides to fight back and with the help of his new team manages to stop older Buzz and go back to the planet they were. Once they land they were greeted by the new commander. He told Buzz he would create a new Space Ranger program and he could choose his new team. But Buzz chose the Rookie team and use the new suit, resembling the Suit from ToyStory. The movie's postcredit scenes showed that Zurg, older Buzz, survived.
It was a Good movie. The soft Comedy and and action scenes keeps you entertained. Also, the lessons they gives us are nice but not too emotional. But I believe the plot was too much. Too complicated for a family movie. The whole time travel, aging, missions didn't really make sense for a movie like this. Another thing is the connection with the ToyStory franchise. I believe they didn't actually mentioned much.
At the begging of the movie they say Andy got a toy from his favorite movie and that this was that movie. So it seems the whole BuzzLightyear is a fictional movie in the ToyStory universe. They probably should have chosen another conflict to make the movie more simple. Still it is a good watch. It also had great action scenes for a Kids movie. The excitement and tension was constantly there. Overall I would recommend this movie. I would give it a 7.0. It was a good movie but since it was base on a huge franchise, I feel it should have been better. Still the soft, dry Comedy was well placed and the excitement of the movie was great.
Rating: 7.0
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