You'd be forgiven if you only thought that Disney released direct to VHS animated sequels as that is what is most commonly known. However what if I were to tell you that they also released reedited versions of certain episodes from certain TV shows and released them as movie straight to VHS well that was also the case with the film that i'm about to review for you all today and so then join me as I review the film that is just five episodes edited together with the film in question being called simply just "Gargoyles The Movie: The Heroes Awaken" enjoy.
The plot is a thousand years after they are cursed to remain as stone a group of Gargoyles are tasked with finding some computer disks. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad altho the plot is also rather thin at best in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Keith David as Goliath , Thom Adcox Hernandez as Lexington and Edward Asner as Hudson. Also starring in this film is Jeff Bennett as Brooklyn , Magus and Owen , Clancy Brown as Hakon , J. D. Daniels as Tom , Bill Fagerbakke as Broadway , Jonathan Frakes as David Xanatos , Patrick Fraley as Brendan , Ed Gilbert as The Captain , Peter Renaday as The Commander , Salli Richardson as Elisa Maza , Marina Sirtis as Demona , Kath Soucie as Princess Katharine and Frank Welker as Bronx.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. Which really isn't all that surprising as this film is made up of a bunch of really good actors and actresses and it really helps that every single person cast in this film is cast perfectly for the characters that they are portraying.
Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Tama Production. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good granted this films animation was never going to e direct to VHS worthy but for what this film is the animation wasn't that bad and was alot better then what it really did have any right to be.
As mentioned at the start of this review this film is literally just the shows first five episodes re-edited to form a movie. With this film not really feeling episodic which was something that I wasn't expecting to be the case at all as usually when you view a film that was quite clearly just episodes of a show edited together to form a movie then it's usually very episodic in nature but where as with this film you wouldn't really know that this film was just five episodes of an already existing TV show which was something that really did catch me of guard.
I'm going to be real with you it was hard as heck to find a copy of this film in any kind of quality with the only version of the film online is one that involves the entire VHS for the film. Not just the film itself as you also get the trailers for other products that were coming out at the time and a Gargoyles The Movie VHS game which I guess makes this film a rarity but it is out their if you use Internet Archive just be warned that you won't just be getting the film as you'll also be getting all of the stuff that came on the films VHS tape as well.
While this film does have alot of positives to it it does also have it's fair share of negatives as well like for example the characters not being that very well defined. Which I guess makes sense is this film is just the shows first five episodes but its still something that should have been done in this film to get more people to watch the show and the film itself is pretty dull and boring which is something that I can see putting alot of people watching this film which is a shame because when this film wants to be exciting it can be a really fun film to watch.
Now then including all of the extra stuff that came on the original VHS tape this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty eight minuets and eighteen seconds. With the film itself lasting around one hour and twenty minuets which is a pretty solid running time for this film to have but at the same time with the films story being rather weak you do spend alot of the running time just waiting for things for happen but tho I will very much admit that this film does have some fairly solid pacing to it tho.
So now then since this is an action film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which really did catch me of guard just because I very rarely if ever watched Gargoyles growing up and so I was really surprised at just how good the action in this film really is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall as I had really no idea what to expect from this film I was left presently surprised at just how good of a film that this film well and truly is and it's one that if you can find a copy of it I highly recommend watching as it is that good of a film in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the mages that I personally used in this very review from Gargoyles Wiki , the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get all of the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful and the truly fantastic Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the wonderful Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as also being really fairly freaking high in definition.