Von der Rolle

The everlasting chase between Wily E. Coyote and Roadrunner continues with Coyote desperately trying to catch his prey. Armed with his Acme catalogue, Coyote tries every trick he knows to catch Roadrunner - including false train tracks, a fake camera, skates, an unicycle and others.

Having just watched the horrid film `The Wild Chase', I really needed to remind myself that the Coyote and Roadrunner formula was actually quite good at a time. Luckily this film was on not long afterwards and marked itself out as being an enjoyable cartoon that basically does all the things that a good Roadrunner cartoon does. The plot is the usual quest to catch Roadrunner, but this is only an excuse for (hopefully) witty and imaginative attempts by Coyote to do so. In this case that is so, with Coyote using many devices to try and catch him.

It's not rocket science and it won't win over those viewers who can only see banality in the cartoons but it is enjoyable for those who like the series. Roadrunner has a bit of attitude here that helps - he isn't just a streak of blue here. Coyote is as determined and hapless as ever and is funny for it.

Overall, this film may just stick to the formula but it is a formula that works so why not?! The only downside of the film is that the ending is abrupt and not very funny, leading me to the conclusion that they simply didn't know how best to finish it - so they just kind of, well, stopped!