Speaking of age bracket, this is definitely a movie for children in the elementary school years. A few crude jokes make obtuse references to erectile dysfunction and male genitals, but kids young enough to enjoy the film will almost certainly be oblivious to the innuendo. There is no profanity in any category, and no depictions of or explicit references to sexual activity. Violence is cartoonish and sanitized, with characters never shown with any injuries. The relative lack of content issues in this film is another big plus. Nathan Fillion, despite only being in a handful of scenes, is his usual charismatic and irrepressible self and Alfred Molina has far too much fun chewing the scenery in his role as Baron Blackout for this to be considered work. Its other saving grace is its all-star cast. While most productions pick one style and stick to it, characters and background in Henchmen are in varied styles somehow, this manages to look interesting instead of confused or lazy. This film has a few things going for it and its biggest standout is its unusual visual design – perhaps due to the fact that its director, Adam Wood is an alumnus of Pixar. Things are going well until Lester bumps into a suit of powered armor while cleaning… After the facility is destroyed by Captain Superior (Nathan Fillion) and his superhero team, Lester is assigned to be Hank’s apprentice. While there, Lester runs into Hank (voiced by James Marsden) and his crew of misfits responsible for the least glamorous duties: cooking, cleaning, and maintenance. Upon seeing an advertisement for the Union of Henchmen, he naturally wants to sign up and speeds off to the lair of “Gluttonator” (an obese villain who threatens to coat the country in radioactive boiling cheese, voiced by Will Sasso). He only got disappointed no one cared that he had won it.A young orphan named Lester (voiced Thomas Middleditch) has spent his life fantasizing about becoming a supervillain. The Henchman possessed a darkly witty sense of humor, moving from threatening Arthur's life to bragging about his movie award. He must have known the truth of Agrajag and his vendetta against Arthur Dent, otherwise, he wouldn't be so complacent to obey the entity. The Henchman was a very short-tempered individual, but this is probably explained given that he worked in the criminal underworld and this nature was a given. Arthur hurriedly leaves, and the Henchman says "It's been real" and leaves. But Arthur shrugs it off and the Henchman gets aggressive, and tells Arthur to fuck off. Arthur says he met him, and the Henchman doesn't follow Arthur's train of thought, he has just won a Rory for saying the most gratuitous use of the word Fuck in a serious screenplay, and he is proud that he won it and wants recognition. He passes on his boss' message to meet him, saying that there is a man in a mountain who wanted to meet Arthur. This is Agrajag's Henchman, who looks outright evil. Slartibartfast goes off to look for the Bail, and Arthur tells him to relax.Īrthur meets a strange man at the bar who is fascinated by all of Arthur's life story, and when hearing of all the dreadful things that happened to Arthur (his planet being destroyed, being stuck in a damp cave, being abused) he just says "Ah, and did you have an awfully good time?"Īrthur has told the strange man his name, and another, aggressive-looking man comes up. This Party has loads of aliens and is home to the Silver Bail, which the Masters of Krikkit and their robots are seeking. After escaping from the Temple of Hate and leaving the avalanche and earthquake behind him, Arthur Dent uses his newfound ability to fly to catch up with Ford, Slartibartfast, and Tricia at the famous Party, which has been going on for at least a hundred years.
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