Top Cat Begins
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Top Cat Begins (also known in Spanish as Don Gato: El Inicio de la Pandilla, translated to Top Cat: The Start of the Gang) is an Indian-Mexican computer-animated comedy film, produced by Ánima Estudios and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in Mexico. Based on the animated television series, Top Cat, made by Hanna-Barbera, this film is a prequel to both the series and the movie, taking place before Top Cat met his gang.
The film premiered in Mexican theaters on October 30, 2015. The film was later released in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2016, distributed by Kaleidoscope Film Distribution and Warner Bros. UK. The film has received generally negative reviews, with critics criticizing the cheap animation and writing, and was a box office bomb, grossing $4.6 million on an $8 million budget.
Plot
The film is a backstory about "Top Cat" and his friends.
Why It Shouldn't Begin
- This movie has cheap looking animation, but simply better than the first one.
- Like Top Cat: The Movie, it also shows how low the movie's budget is.
- The movie has a disappointing plot that tries to shoehorn in the origins like Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
- There are sexual innuendos that are inappropriate for kids like a cat watching a woman- cat getting undressed.
- There is a scene where Top Cat swears at Mr. Big by saying "F**k You". This is shocking and inappropriate to hear in a children's movie. This was bleeped out in most English versions. In fact, Top Cat saying "F**k you" to Mr. Big was censored very poorly.
- This movie has some really horrible writing, and apparently, it shows.
- There’s pretty cheap humor in this movie which relies on mean-spiritedness and toilet humor.
- The scene when Benny poops in his diaper while acting like a baby is obnoxious and dumb.
- References some R-rated movies like Reservoir Dogs.
- The voice acting is pretty weak and doesn’t sound like the voice actors are trying.
- Like its predecessor, Top Cat: The Movie, most of the actors do not attempt to sound like the characters in the original Top Cat cartoon. In particular, Brain has a much deeper voice.
- Bad Dog sounds like he has a sore throat.
Redeeming Qualities
- The background music is decent.
- Similar to Top Cat: The Movie, the show these movies are based upon - Top Cat - is good, and it is only these two movies that are terrible.
- The ending song "Best Day of My Life" is also good.
- The art style and character designs are passable, despite the poor quality of animation.
- Speaking of the character designs, they are actually faithful to the show it is based upon.
- The gangs are handier on the scams, which are more creative and have an interesting twist.
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Comments
- Bad films
- Bad movies
- 2010s films
- Animated films
- Comedy films
- Based on television
- Based on cartoons
- Hanna-Barbera films
- Box office bombs
- Warner Bros. films
- Abusing the show
- Prequel films
- Gross-out films
- Animal films
- Indian films
- Low-budget films
- Spanish films
- Obscure films
- Movies that killed the franchise
- Mean-spirited films
- Films with content inappropriate for their target audiences