Illegal. So illegal. Why don't these people get sued?
In the case of most of these Mockbusters, they completely change the plot of the film, leaving just the concepts stolen. Mainly due to the fact that these things have to be rushed out before the film comes out, and there's no way for them to get a complete run down to steal. Ratatoing is about a rat who steals dishes from other chefs and claims them as his own (which somehow sounds like a full on confession, if you ask me), for example. While Disney
should take them on in court and they do have the tough enough lawyers to do it, these studios could just easily show the film's side by side and point out the fact that only the concepts are the same. Personally, I don't see why ABC didn't sue Fox for rushing out cheap knockoffs of reality shows (Trading Spouses and Nanny 911 made ONLY to get a jump on ABC to make
them look like they're ripping Fox off).
However, this film is an
exact clone of Planes down to the character designs and racing concept. And the worst thing is they have these terrible D-G list celebrities. At least with the crappy Studio Brinqo movies, you at least get to hear Mike Pollack (Dr. Eggman) and Eric Stuart (80% of characters in anything 4Kids used to dub) instead of Rob FREAKING Schneider. I apologize. Apparently there
is something worse than putting Dane Cook in Planes. Putting an even
less funny "comedian" in a cheap Planes ripoff.
Oh... and GUESS where I found this DVD yesterday. That's right. Freaking Red Box, right there with "Ivan the Invincible" and other ugly as crap 25th party studio trash.