'The Lego Movie' Brilliantly Subverts Movie Tropes
The Lego Movie achieves great humor and story with a combination of childish comedy, adult references, irony, and by subverting popular movie tropes.
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The good, the bad, and the drop-dead gorgeous. The train en route to Sunshine Hill City holds six very deadly and beautiful women. In the days of stagecoaches, cowboys, and highway robbery. On this particular day when a steam-train hauling valuable cargo is hijacked by rogue bandits, it's up to 6 female strangers to save the day. These ladies prove that you don't have to be a man to stop the bad guys.
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The good, the bad, and the drop-dead gorgeous. The train en route to Sunshine Hill City holds six very deadly and beautiful women. In the days of stagecoaches, cowboys, and highway robbery. On this particular day when a steam-train hauling valuable cargo is hijacked by rogue bandits, it's up to 6 female strangers to save the day. These ladies prove that you don't have to be a man to stop the bad guys.
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Genre:Animation, Western, Action, Crime
Written By:Shouji Yonemura
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Runtime:44 minutes
Studio:OLM
Cast
Yuji Asada
Director
Tomoko Kawakami
Margaret (voice)
Aiko Yanagihara
Laura (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
Helen (voice)
Junko Takeuchi
Caroline (voice)
Yoko Sasaki
Janet (voice)
Chiaki Ōsawa
Alice (voice)
Shozo Iizuka
Heaven's Hill Boss (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Engineer (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Colonel Spencer (voice)
Mitsuru Ogata
Butler (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Jack (voice)
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