Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (French: Arthur et la vengeance de Maltazard) is a 2009 English-language French animated/live-action feature film co-written, co-produced and directed by Luc Besson, based on his novel of the same title and starring Freddie Highmore and Mia Farrow. EuropaCorp produced the film, which is the second in Besson's Arthur series, following Arthur and the Invisibles. The film received generally negative reviews by critics. It was a success in France but, due to its predecessor's failure at the American box office, was released direct-to-video in the United States. It performed disappointingly in the rest of the world. As a result, the film and its sequel, Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds, generated huge losses for EuropaCorp.[2]

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLuc Besson
Produced byLuc Besson
Emmanuel Prévost
Written byLuc Besson
Céline Garcia
Based onArthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
by Luc Besson
Starring
Music byÉric Serra
CinematographyThierry Arbogast
Edited byJulien Rey
Production
company
TF1 Films Production
Apipoulaï
Avalanche Productions
Canal+
Distributed byEuropaCorp
Release date
  • 26 November 2009 (2009-11-26) (Germany)
  • 2 December 2009 (2009-12-02) (France)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish
Box office$78,520,547[1]

Plot

Three years has passed since Arthur has saved his grandparents home and saved the Minimoys from the evil Maltazard, Arthur stays with his grandparents for the holidays, during which the Bogo Matassalai (a fictitious African society) assign Arthur a series of tests, including camouflage and environmental nonviolence. Having passed these tests, Arthur prepares to see the Minimoys to celebrate, until his father decides to take him and his mother back to the metropolis. When a spider gives Arthur a grain of rice containing a distress-call, which he believes has come from the Minimoys, he returns to his grandparents' house, where the Bogo Matassalai's attempt to give him Minimoy stature through a telescope fails, and they instead wrap him in vines of increasing tightness until he falls as a drop of sap into the Minimoy Max's bar. En route to investigate the Minimoys' condition, Arthur and Max rescue Betameche, who leads Arthur to the King. He then learns that Selenia is held by Maltazard, who is inspired to invade the human world by increasing his own size. Maltazard tricks the Minimoys into completing his design. The telescope itself is destroyed in the process, leaving Arthur trapped at his Minimoy size, While Maltazard is free to roam the world.

Cast

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 0% based on reviews from 6 critics.[3]

Video game

To promote the film, a video game by Ubisoft was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Windows. The game composes of mostly minigames and cutscenes which are loosely related to the plot of the film.

Sequel

In 2010, a sequel titled Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds was released.

References
  1. "ARTHUR ET LA VENGEANCE DE MALTAZARD (2009)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  2. Luc Besson et ses Minimoys plombent EuropaCorp, Libération, 30 juin 2011
  3. "Arthur and the Great Adventure (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
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