Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (also known as The Adventures of Clutch Powers) is a 2010 Danish-American CGI animated comedy-adventure direct-to-video film. The film is based on the concept of the Lego toy series.

Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers
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Directed byHoward E. Baker
Produced byLawrence Kasanoff
Jimmy Ienner
Kristy Scanlan
Joshua R. Wexler
Written byTom Rogers
Starring
Music byDavid and Eric Wurst
Edited byMichael D. Black
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
  • February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
Denmark
LanguageEnglish
Danish
Finnish
Box office$69,988[1]

The film stars Ryan McPartlin, Yvonne Strahovski, Roger Rose, Jeff Glen Bennett, Paul Michael Glaser, Gregg Berger, Christopher Emerson and Alex Desert. The film received positive reviews for the action and humor, although the consumerism was criticized.[2]

Plot

Clutch Powers tunnels underground in search of a crystal, but the Crystal King guarding it wakes up and chases Clutch to an underground base. Clutch then returns to his base in Lego City and gives the crystal to his boss Kjeld Playwell who assigns him some new teammates: Brick Masterson, a firefighter, Peg Mooring, a biologist, and Bernie von Beam, an engineer. Playwell informs them of an incident on the Space Police prison planet. Clutch and his team investigate the situation, despite their lack of cooperation and Clutch's intent of working alone.

After evading two skeletons named Skelly and Bones, Hogar spits Clutch out on the other side of the wall and shows him the way to the castle of Prince Varen, telling him about the history of his father and the golden sword. Hogar also tells Clutch that he was the only troll who was on the kingdom's team and that he was assigned to protect Varen. Back at the medieval camp, Bernie is revealed to have a relationship with Peg, who leaves to look for an animal that made mysterious tracks, but instead encounters and befriends a dragon. Back at the castle, Clutch finds Prince Varen. However, Varen fails and gets furious at Clutch. Clutch tells him that he was trying to help him defeat the wizard's forces, but Varen rejects him, confessing that he's no match for Mallock. Fed up, Clutch goes back to the camp and sees that a dwarf will help them.

Eventually, Prince Varen, Hogar, and their knights decide to help Clutch and his team in their battle against Mallock. Varen and Clutch sneak into Mallock's castle by disguising Peg as Varen. Unfortunately, Mallock traps them in a bone cage above a lava lake while the skeleton army forces the knights to retreat. Brick, Peg, Hogar and Bernie crash their chariot into a ditch. With no choice, Hogar brings the golden sword's chest to Mallock, only to find that it's empty. Varen and Clutch send a message to the team. Bernie gains hope and they rebuild their broken chariot. They reunite with the knights and attack the skeleton army. Back in the castle, Peg summons the same dragon she encountered and tells it to destroy the cage, freeing Clutch and Varen, who then retrieve the golden sword that Varen dropped earlier. After much convincing from Clutch, Varen finally decides to face his fear of Mallock to ensure his kingdom's safety. Around the same time, Mallock attempts to trick Clutch into giving the sword to him by promising to lead him to his father, but Clutch refuses, saying that "I already found him!".

As Clutch watches Varen use the golden sword to fight against Mallock, Brick uses a jet pack to land on Mallock's fortress, where he fights Skelly and Bones. Bernie helps Brick by throwing a gear at the skeletons. Back inside the fortress, Mallock taunts Varen for retaining his title as Prince of Ashlar as he uses his staff to attack Varen. However, Varen takes enough power from Mallock's staff into his sword, allowing the sword to unleash its full power, much to Mallock's surprise. Taking the opportunity, Varen uses the sword to trap Mallock with a glowing chain, declaring Mallock under arrest and himself the new King of Ashlar. Following Mallock's defeat, Hogar is freed from his restrains and the skeleton army dissolves into smoke, leaving Clutch's team and the knights to celebrate their victory. Varen is then officially declared the new King, and when Clutch and his team transport Mallock back to Lego City, Varen thanks him for being loyal and for being part of the team. The team then returns to Lego City, allowing the authorities to send the imprisoned Mallock back to the prison planet. Congratulating the team for their efforts, Playwell tells them that Omega is still on the loose. Encouraged with a newfound belief in teamwork, the team head onward to a new adventure to capture the criminal.

Cast

Reception

Commercial performance

The film grossed $69,988 worldwide.

In its opening weekend, the film grossed $38,668 in 63 theaters, with an average of $613 per theater.

Critical reception

[3] Common Sense Media gave it 3 out of 5 stars, saying it was a "clever, witty adventure--but also one big Lego ad." [2]

Other media

Clutch Powers appeared as a washed-up adventurer in Season 11 of the TV series Lego Ninjago. In the S11 sets wave, his first Lego Minifigure came out. In Season 12 he also appeared, in the premiere episode and also in the finale Episode. His voice actor confirmed that he will appear in Season 14. He was also mentioned by Cole in Episode 9 of Season 1, "The Royal Blacksmiths".

References

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