This new animated film has a pretty substandard script. It's about two alien brothers--one brawny, one brainy--who have to work together when the brawny brother (voiced by Brendan Fraser) is stranded on Earth, believing he doesn’t need his brainy brother’s (Rob Corddry) assistance to fly his spaceship and other help. Unfortunately parents will bring their kids to this and think they come out with a “cooperation” moral, but there is rampant commercialism in the first part of the film.
The brawny brother, Scorch, is beloved by all due to his heroic deeds. His brother, Gary, is a mission control technician who operates Scorch’s spaceship by remote control. I thought this in itself was a stupid premise because it just seems nonsensical to have someone else fly your spaceship for you. But then I saw it needed to be part of the plot so that when Gary refuses to help Scorch, Scorch ultimately gets stranded on an alien planet since he doesn't know how to fly his own ship. Anyway, Gary’s son even admires Scorch over Gary, emanating his braggadocious behavior. Gary gets fed up with being unappreciated, and just when Scorch gets a new mysterious assignment to the “Dark Planet” aka Earth, Gary quits and refuses to help.
What Scorch and everyone else doesn’t know is that instead of saving someone on a secret mission, Scorch has been duped to deliver some priceless energy component to an evil Earth military officer (William Shatner) who intends to use the energy to travel to other worlds to dominate alien races. Scorch and other stranded aliens are forced to work for the military, and once Gary finds out, he gives in to save his brother.
All Passion Spent
