Vengeance Most Fowl is a feature length sequel to the 1993 short film The Wrong Trousers featuring the return of Feather's McGraw and a continuation of the "Blue Diamond" heist. In many ways it is also a return to the true spirit of the Wallace & Gromit stories after having separated from Dreamworks who produced The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run, famously conflicting with Aardman creator Nick Park. Here you can see Park just enjoying telling these stories again.
Vengeance is a fun and wacky little tale that sticks to the W&G format which sees Gromit fixing Wallace's inventions' catastrophes and seeing their connection as life long friends. Park enjoys spoofing pop culture and there is a good deal of that here, including an inspired Cape Fear tribute near the beginning.
I felt meeting the feature runtime did feel like stretching this story a bit in the middle. After some dragging the film picks up for a very satisfying final act which is heartwarming and perhaps sets up a third chapter in what could be a fun trilogy. I'd recommend watching Trousers and then Vengeance. Hopefully there will be more in their pursuit of McGraw in the future.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Starring: Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel, Reece Shearsmith
Directors: Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham
Writer: Mark Burton
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