instal the new version for android Minions: The Rise of Gru

Photo Credit: Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures.

Henson), Stronghold (Danny Trejo), Nunchuck (Lucy Lawless)-address the Minions (foreground, backs to camera) in Illumination’s 'Minions: The Rise of Gru,' directed by Kyle Balda. The Vicious 6 -(from lower left) Jean Clawed (Jean-Claude Van Damme), Svengeance (Dolph Lundgren), Belle Bottom (Taraji P. Only Belle really gets much to do on the vocal front – the others are largely one-joke affairs with celebrity voices attached. The rest are an assortment of weirdos, including lobster claw-endowed Jean-Clawed ( Jean-Claude Van Damme), a strongman called Stronghold ( Danny Trejo), a psychotic nun named Nun-Chuck ( Lucy Lawless) and Swedish roller-skating baddie named Svengeance ( Dolph Lundgren). Henson), a Cleopatra Jones-style Blaxploitation spoof, all afro hair and slick gear. He’s angling to use its mystical power to turn his team into the most powerful group in the world.īut, following an ‘ Indiana Jones’-style quest that ends successfully, his gang steals the stone and leaves him for dead, replaced by new leader Belle Bottom ( Taraji P. The Vicious Six, a gathering of flamboyant baddies led (initially – his betrayal in this initial scene fuels part of the plot) by Wild Knuckles ( Alan Arkin), a white-haired former biker type who is on the hunt for a mysterious McGuffin known as the Zodiac Stone. Intriguingly, though, figuring that everyone knows who Gru and the Minions are already, this latest Illumination offering opens not with either of them, but in an establishing sequence that introduces the big villains here. This 1970s-set story aims to fill in some of the gaps of Gru ( Steve Carell) and the Minions’ early days together, so of course there are references to familiar ‘ Despicable Me’ touchstones. All Rights Reserved.Īside from the language stew chattering of the Minions, perhaps the biggest sound to be heard from the new sequel/prequel/pre-sequel ‘ Minions: The Rise of Gru’ is that of box-checking. 'Minions: The Rise of Gru.' Photo Credit: Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures.

Instal the new version for android Minions: The Rise of Gru