We are living in an age where it seems like every single TV show out their is either a reboot , a sequel or a revival of a classic show. However that trend is now starting to happen with the films as well with the biggest case in point being this film as this film is based of off a TV show that was popular in the nineties and so then join me as I review the film that sees the crew of star ship go on what might be their biggest mission to date with the film in question being called simply just "Babylon 5: The Road Home" enjoy.
The plot of this film is when John Sheridan finds himself slipping backwards and forwards in time he must find out away to stop it from happening once and for all before something dreadful happens to the universe itself. 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 with this films plot being epic enough for a full length feature film but also really simple enough for none fans of the show to understand what's going on in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Bruce Boxleitner as John Sheridan , Claudia Christian as Susan Ivanova and Peter Jurasik as Londo Mollari. Also starring in this film is Bill Mumy as Lennier , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman star Tracy Scoggins as Elizabeth Lochley , Patricia Tallman as Lyta Alexander , Paul Guyet as Zathras and Jeffrey Sinclair , Anthony Hansen as Michael Garibaldi , Phil LaMarr as Dr. Stephen Franklin , Piotr Michael as David Sheridan , Andrew Morgado as G'Kar and Rebecca Riedy as Delenn.
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 alot better then what it really had any right to be. As alot of this films cast members aren't that really well known and so I had no idea what to expect from this film acting wise and so I was shocked to see that this film actually has some decent acting in it and I hope that the same thing is also true for the show upon which this film is based of off.
Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at the great Studio Mir. 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 not that bad and was alot better then what I thought that it would be but I will admit that the 3D CGI does get a little bit to distracting at times.
This movie is of course a sequel to the show "Babylon 5" which ran from January 26th 1994 and ended it's run on November 25th 1998. Altho the show did air a pilot movie on February 22nd 1993 and several TV movies either during or just after the release of the shows final episode and I have to say that you don't really have to have seen an episode of this show in order to understand what's going on in the movie as the film does make certain things like character relationships clear for none fans and it doesn't really continue any of the shows storylines which i'm sure will make none fans angry but it will make none fans very happy as now they won't won't have to watch alt of episodes just to understand one part of this movie.
This movie does make use of time travel but it does so in a way that doesn't make a whole lot of sense at all. As they never explain the rules of time travel in this universe which granted they might have done in an episode of the show but it's also something that really did need to be explained in this movie as alot of people like myself haven't seen an episode of this show and so it will be hard to work out how time travel works in this world and as time travel lays a huge part of this films plot line alot more effort should have gone into explaining the rules behind this worlds version of time travel just to make sure that the none fans watching this movie fully understand what's going on time travel wise and not just focused on telling us where alot of the characters are now.
What I really didn't like about this film was the fact that there really isn't a sense of urgency for John to return to his own time. Granted they try to set up something about all the parallel worlds that he's visited merging into one but by then it's to little to late as that plot point should have been established much more earlier on in the film as then the film would have a ticking bomb type of plot and the plot would have some urgency to it but as it is none of that is there and so all if does is make you wonder why the character is rushing to get back to his time in the first place as there's no real reason to be in such a rush.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and eighteen minuets and forty eight seconds. Which is such a short running time for this film to have as it has so much plot to set up and given that it's also a reunion movie they have to spend time getting us up to speed with where certain characters are in their lives and it just can't do all of that and still a good story in such a short amount of time a such this film really should have been at the very least one hour and thirty minuets just t cram in everything that this type of film really does have to do but I will admit that this film does have some really good 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 not that bad. As this film does have some really creative action scenes in it but at the same time alot of this films action scenes don't usually play a huge part in the story and so they have no effect on the plot of the film which robs them of any kind of tension in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was alot better of a film then what I thought that it would be and it's a film that's sure to please both none fans and of course die hard fans of this franchise 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 images that I personally used in this very review from the official Babylon 5 fandom wiki page , the official Scooby-Doo fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the really wonderful Google Images as since all of the images that are currently up and featured / presented to us up and the great and wonderful on Google Images are all really fairly high in quality and as well as being all really fairly freaking high in definition.