After superhero romp Lego Batman, Lego Ninjago Movie with Jackie Chan offers insane mix of martial arts and family strife
A mix of the martial arts genre and Japanese kaiju films with giant monsters and robots, the third Lego film will appeal to kids and adults alike, says Justin Theroux, who voices supervillain Lord Gardamon
For those who rank Darth Vader pretty high as Worst Dad Ever, meet Lord Garmadon.
Voiced by Justin Theroux, the black-helmeted, four-armed supervillain aims to rule over Ninjago City, and a team of teenage ninjas – led by his estranged son Lloyd Garmadon (Dave Franco) – aim to stop the operatic sociopath in The Lego Ninjago Movie. “It’s about a son having to live with this father who’s a threat to Lego-manity [but] more about the son’s journey of forgiving him and learning to accept him for who he is,“ says Theroux.
Based on a popular toy line and animated TV show, Lego Ninjago is the third in the Lego series of interlocking films, each with its own style: the successful Lego Movie in 2014 was the “call to adventure” project, The Lego Batman Movie (out Thursday in Hong Kong) features action and superheroes, and Lego Ninjago is a mix of the martial-arts genre and Japanese kaiju movies with giant monsters and robots.
Lloyd is a seemingly unremarkable kid in his daily life, but when he becomes the masked Green Ninja of the Ninjago super-team, “he has much more confidence ... and wants to do everything he can to protect his home,” says Franco.
