Atlantis: Milo's Return
Year: 2003
Directed by: Victor Cook, Toby Shelton & Tad Stones
Starring: James Arnold Taylor & Cree Summer
Runtime: 80 mins
BBFC: U
Published: 23/05/22
Directed by: Victor Cook, Toby Shelton & Tad Stones
Starring: James Arnold Taylor & Cree Summer
Runtime: 80 mins
BBFC: U
Published: 23/05/22
I knew this was going to happen again sooner or later, I just hoped it was going to be later. Once again Walt Disney Television Animation has brought me yet another failed TV show that they’ve Frankensteined into a direct to DVD sequel to a much beloved Disney Classic. Following the disappointing box office performance of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the planned series of films was cancelled and instead efforts were focused into a TV show…however when executives saw the pilot episodes they passed. But not wanting to waste the money they’d lost making the episodes, the episodes were stitched together to make Atlantis: Milo’s Return, a title that makes no sense given what the film is about. Anyway, let’s get to ripping this stinking turd to shreds.
Following reports of various attacks on the surface from mysterious creatures, the Atlantan research team comprising of Mr. Whitmore (John Mahoney), Mole (Corey Burton), Vinny (Don Novello), Sweet (Phil Morris), Audrey (Jqueline Obradors), Cookie (Steve Barr), and Mrs. Packard (Florence Stanley) return to Atlantis to inform Kida (Cree Summer) and Milo (James Arnold Taylor). Believing the creatures to be Atlantan in origin, Kida insists that the team track them down and stop them before they harm innocent people.
Milo’s Return then presents three stories, identical in structure, where the Atlantan team (minus Sweet, Cookie, Whitmore & Packard) find a monster and then Scooby-Doo their way to working out whether it is Atlantan in origin, or just something else.
Following reports of various attacks on the surface from mysterious creatures, the Atlantan research team comprising of Mr. Whitmore (John Mahoney), Mole (Corey Burton), Vinny (Don Novello), Sweet (Phil Morris), Audrey (Jqueline Obradors), Cookie (Steve Barr), and Mrs. Packard (Florence Stanley) return to Atlantis to inform Kida (Cree Summer) and Milo (James Arnold Taylor). Believing the creatures to be Atlantan in origin, Kida insists that the team track them down and stop them before they harm innocent people.
Milo’s Return then presents three stories, identical in structure, where the Atlantan team (minus Sweet, Cookie, Whitmore & Packard) find a monster and then Scooby-Doo their way to working out whether it is Atlantan in origin, or just something else.
Save for Tarzan & Jane, Milo’s Return is probably the worst Disney Animated Sequel so far. It’s horrendously long at just under ninety minutes (may not sound long, but in comparison to the rest of WDTA’s films it’s one of the longest), it’s pretty much the same adventure three times over but just with different monsters, and the production values are horrendously low. No joke, the character models look almost nothing like they do in the original film, and they all look like rough sketches rather than defined drawings. Every single environment looks barren and lifeless with practically nothing to make it interesting to look at, and all of the dialogue is laughably bad. They also made Kida darker skinned and outrageously stupid which is so problematic on so many levels.
This may be one of my shortest reviews yet, but I hated it so I have nothing more to say. There was literally nothing that made this film fun, interesting, or worth watching. It was a waste of my time, and the only positive thing I have to say is that at least it wasn’t as bad as Tarzan and Jane. It really is a shame to see this happen to the Atlantis property as it had so much promise, an IP that is in desperate need of a reboot.
This may be one of my shortest reviews yet, but I hated it so I have nothing more to say. There was literally nothing that made this film fun, interesting, or worth watching. It was a waste of my time, and the only positive thing I have to say is that at least it wasn’t as bad as Tarzan and Jane. It really is a shame to see this happen to the Atlantis property as it had so much promise, an IP that is in desperate need of a reboot.