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Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Ash-Fairgo Redwall is the first of three animated seasons (the other two being Mattimeo and Martin the Warrior) taken from the extraordinary twenty-two book series by Brian Jacques. I first saw this series when I was about 7 years old, and being a huge fan of the books I looked forward to seeing the animated version. It did not disappoint! The series is a faithful rendition of the book, and although it can be a bit fast-paced at times, does convey the important points of the story very well. The animation is good overall, and the voice acting excellent, especially Diego Matamoros as Cluny the Scourge. The music is also quite memorable, so much so that whenever I read one of the books from the series the opening theme of Redwall is stuck in my head.Overall I really enjoyed this series, and encourage anyone to watch it along with Mattimeo and Martin the Warrior! :)On a quick side note I'd also like to point out that there is a movie version of Redwall, but it's simply the 13 episode series edited to fit into 1 hour and 30 min. While not bad, if one is looking to see the animated series in it's entirety they'd be better off watching the TV show.

sethsevenyoln When it comes to the Redwall animated series, the first season was terrible. Mattimeo more than makes up for it. There is a splendid soundtrack, great action and wonderful animation. The voice actors, for the most part, are wonderful. And with the background music, some scenes almost make you jump out of your seat. There is a notable lack of gore, sometimes I do wish Nelvana hadn't been so shy about showing a little blood. The considerable amount of violence in the film is handled tactfully. There are several sad character deaths. An infant was scared once, although it isn't very scary for most kids. Ironbeak is probably one of the most exiting animated bad guys, and Slagar is majestic in his part. Tim Curry makes him deeply menacing, for example when he snarls "The truth? Do you want to know the truth, mouse? Matthias, Warrior of Redwall, will know pain, when his only son is made to suffer as Slagar has suffered. That is the truth, and that is a promise."

Joshua Cookingham I first saw the Redwall TV series when i was 13, and i have longed for more ever since. When i saw the movie, i was inspired. It manages to take parts from the series and edit them into one movie without deterring the plot or characters. I cheered for Matthais, chuckled at Basil Stag Hare(and Cluny) and was overall pleased by the quality of animation and music. Is the movie perfect? No, But it's not trying to be. The producers did a good job of sticking close to the books while making it more viewer friendly for youngsters as well as adults. In the end it made me want to make a new movie with similar animation and music, but the same values the movie stresses: Courage, Love, Loyalty. But if it never happens, i'll be glad that Brian Jacques allowed us Redwall fans a brief movie experience that inspires and teaches.

brent-65 I have three teenage sons who grew up loving the Redwall series. When we started watching this DVD we knew we were in trouble when in the opening credits the 'written by' was one person's name and that name wasn't Brian Jacques. The producers have taken the characters and places from Redwall and completely re-written the story. Butchered as badly as Ron Dahl butchered Ian Flemings's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang? Well, almost. After a half hour of watching this Redwall from the parallel bizarro universe, my 15 year old pressed the stop button on the remote and that was that. It was too painful for us to endure. If you love the original story, get Brian Jacques's excellent audio book version and leave this video on the store shelf.