Red Letter Media did a video recently about the 1988 movie 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' in which they also talked about other films that combined live action and animation. One largely forgotten film mentioned was 2003's Joe Dante directed 'Loony Toons Back in Action', I had been aware of it but had also forgotten about it, so I decided to watch it.
This isn't a very good movie but at least it's low key in its cross promotion and cameos, unlike the new Rescue Rangers and Space Jam movies. The weak plot pits Bugs, Daffey, Brendan Frazier and Jenna Elfman against ACME CEO Steve Martian in a search for a magic diamond. The film almost counts as the third Timothy Dalton Bond movie, as Dalton plays an actor who plays a secret agent as a cover for being a real secret agent.
The most interesting things (for me) in this film tended to happen around the edges, some of the cartoon background stuff and the very Dante world cameos by Roger Corman, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, and others. There is also a scene in an Area 51 like facility called Area 52, where classic 50's B movie monsters are scattered throughout the background. On the whole a middling movie which only really approached classic Loony Toons greatness in the chase through various paintings at the Louve. **
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