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Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (French: Arthur et la Vengeance de Maltazard) is a 2009 English-language French animated/live-action fantasy adventure film directed and co-written by Luc Besson. It is based on the third book of the Arthur children's books series by Besson. It is the sequel to Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), and the second installment in the Arthur film series.

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
French theatrical release poster
FrenchArthur et la Vengeance de Maltazard
Directed byLuc Besson
Written byLuc Besson
Céline Garcia
Based onArthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
by Luc Besson
Produced byLuc Besson
Stéphane Lecomte
Emmanuel Prévost
Starring
CinematographyThierry Arbogast
Edited byJulien Rey
Music byÉric Serra
Production
companies
  • EuropaCorp
  • TF1 Films Production
  • Apipoulaï Prod
  • Avalanche Productions
  • Canal+
Distributed byEuropaCorp
Release date
  • 2 December 2009 (2009-12-02)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageEnglish
Box office$78,520,547[1]

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard was released theatrically in France on 2 December 2009 by EuropaCorp. The film received mixed reviews from critics in France but was received negatively in the rest of the world. Like its predecessor's, it was a box-office success in France but it under-performed internationally, and was released as a direct-to-video in the United States. As a result, the film generated huge losses for EuropaCorp.[2]

A sequel, titled Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds and shot back-to-back, was released in 2010 in France.


Plot


Three years have passed since Arthur 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


Live-action cast
Voice cast

Reception


On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 14% based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 4/10.[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 Revenge of Maltazard". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 22 July 2021.



На других языках


- [en] Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard

[ru] Артур и месть Урдалака

«Артур и месть Урдалака» (фр. Arthur et la Vengeance de Maltazard) — фильм режиссёра Люка Бессона 2009 года.



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