| 15-year-old Jim (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a risk-taking rebel who gets arrested due to some solar-surfing in a restricted area. This doesn�t provide Jim�s first encounter with the law, and his mother Sarah (Laurie Metcalf) pleads with the sullen teen to take the right path. She commiserates with one of her restaurant�s customers, astrophysicist Dr. Delbert Doppler (David Hyde Pierce), but she seems to be at the end of her rope. Into this less than tranquil situation comes a crashed spaceship with an injured pilot named Billy Bones (Patrick MacGoohan). He claims that someone�s chasing him for his treasure, and before he passes, he warns Jim that a cyborg will come to get his chest. Some baddies immediately arrive, so Jim, Sarah and Delbert attempt to flee. Sarah�s Benbow Inn burns down in the process, and all that remains of Bones� loot is an unusual glowing metallic orb. As he plays with it, Jim finds a way to open it, and the sphere reveals a three-dimensional map. This seems to reveal the location of Treasure Planet. Of course, Jim wants to pursue the booty, but his mother resists. Surprisingly, the cautious Delbert supports the concept, and when Jim offers a heartfelt promise to go straight via this quest, she agrees to let the pair seek the bounty. From there Delbert hires a crew to sail toward the legendary world. On the RMS Legacy, we meet Captain Amelia (Emma Thompson) along with first officer Mr. Arrow (Roscoe Lee Browne) and a crew of potential ne�er-do-wells organized by Delbert. The latter group include the ship�s cook, a cyborg named Long John Silver (Brian Murray) and his shape-shifting pet Morph (Dane A. Davis). After Bones� warnings, Jim becomes suspicious of Silver and worries that he may be the cyborg the deceased alien feared. The pair get to know each other when the captain assigns Jim the job of cabin boy under Silver�s command. The rest of Planet follows the quest to find the fabled land. We find out if Jim�s suspicions prove correct and learn of the truth behind Treasure Planet itself. Along the way, the gang meet a nutty robot named B.E.N. (Martin Short) as well, and they go through lots of adventure. |
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| PS: This is reviewed by: Colin Jacobsen, April 24, 2003. |