Film Review: Lightyear has everything from plot twists to sci-fi jokes
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The irrepressible Buzz Lightyear, as Toy Story fans will already know, is a toy based on a character from a (fictional) blockbuster movie. That movie is (PG), which opens 4.2 million lightyears from Earth, with Buzz (voiced by Chris Evans) marooned on a remote planet and commissioned by his superior, Commander Hawthorne (Keke Palmer), to test-pilot a spaceship designed to make the leap to hyperspace and get their mission back on track. A tough enough task in itself, but then the evil Emperor Zurg (James Brolin) shows up with an army of robots, all of them dedicated to obliterating Buzz …
A prequel offering the origin story of a toy from an animated movie isn’t the most promising of prospects, but Buzz Lightyear is no ordinary toy, and is a substantial addition to the franchise.
