One sentence synopsis: a guy finds an evil book, friend gets sucked into Hell, guy and another friend follow in to rescue, all Hell breaks loose.
One sentence trailer thoughts: well, it's different.
Expanded thoughts: No, this is not a Tim Burton movie, but it seems like the kind of thing he would do if he went back to stop motion animation. It doesn't look great, but there's one positive: at least American animation is exploring other territories beyond kiddie stuff. Yes, it has been done before, but not as a major release (at least that I can remember). Despite the hellish imagery, there's plenty of jokes here to confuse the "can't be bothered with researching the contents of movies" parents into bringing the whole family to watch an R rated movie. Of course, there's still the question of whether what caused the R rating ("pervasive strong crude and sexual content, language and some drug use") was done purely for shock value, or if it has a point. In other words: is this a movie that I, as an adult, want to be bothered with, or is it too stupid to care about? Just because Robot Chicken can be funny in small doses, doesn't mean we want 90 minutes of it.
Expectations: meh. Probably a rental.
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