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Ever since Into the Spider-Verse was released, US animation has been a bit more keen to play around with art styles. The Bad Guys is one of those films that takes a bland and familiar premise and hopes to add a little shine by applying a slightly different visual polish. Sadly, it failed. A band of criminals is wreaking havoc until a new governor is appointed. She downplays the skills of the crew, which draws them out of their hiding place. The criminals are apprehended, but a professor is willing to give them a second chance. He starts a program to turn them into certified "good guys". What you get is a little crime narrative (with plenty of references to popular US crime cinema) ruined by the type of uninspired comedy that has come to define US animation. The art style has some appeal, but the characters are irritating, the dub is atrocious and the comedy is disappointing. Not good.Read all