The film is about the pursuit for the 3 scrolls that Sir Francis Haddock had hidden away in the mast of 3 ship models. These 3 scrolls have the secret behind the cargo that was hidden in the Unicorn ship captained by Francis, that was ransacked by some pirates headed by Red Rackham.
The cargo had many gold jewels and they get sunk beneath the sea after the failed attempt by Rackham to get away with the treasure. Rackham dies after this attempt while Francis lives on and makes these 3 ship models and hides the scrolls in them. A descendant of Haddock is supposed to find these scrolls and unlock the secret behind the sunken Unicorn.
Young journalist Tintin gets to know of these scrolls and he joins hands with the last descendant of Haddock to stop Sakharine the descendant of Rackham, from getting to the scrolls first. It is a major cat and mouse game featuring the trio and finally Tintin and the forever drunk Haddock succeed in getting to the scrolls first. Their upcoming adventure in getting to the sunken treasures forms the premise for the sequel.
Hits
- The combination of motion capture animation and traditional animation works perfectly like in all other top notch Hollywood animation films. The animation for Tintin in particular is terrific in its detailing.
- Some sequences score majorly like the terrific bike chase sequence in Morocco, the opera singer cracking all the glasses, Tintin's dog Snowy's chase to get to his master, the flight in the storm and the fight with the pirates in the ship
- Lots of visuals give us the WOW factor.
- The 2 cops Thomson and Thompson who are after the pickpocket in their town provide a lot of funny moments. Captain Haddock also has us in splits of laughter with his drunken antics.
Comments
- The climax lacked the punch and was quite plain. The premise for the sequel didn't elicit great excitement as expected
VERDICT
A good effort that entertains. But, somehow it isn't the awesome movie that one expected from this team.
