A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Societys top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the day. Accompanying the fearless duo are bumbling albatross Wilbur and local field operative Jake the Kangaroo Rat.
Posters and backdrounds of The Rescuers Down Under
Now the RAS are clearly not a very global organisation as they have to parachute in (via albatross) Miss Bianca and Bernard all the way from New York to Australia in search of the missing nine year old Cody. Whats happened to him? Well, he happened upon a trapped golden eagle high on a cliff top and released her. Whilst earning her undying affection, he also succeeded in earning the enmity of the birds hunter McLeach. This man, and his hapless hench-salamander Joanna already have a fair amount to species in their underground collection so it now falls to our determined mice and the young boy to free these critters and keep Marahute and her three eggs safe from this nasty poacher and his hungry pal. I quite enjoyed this. It plays a little too much to Aussie stereotype now and again, but there is plenty of fun in the adventure with some amiable characterisations - I liked Joanna and the rather grumpy koala - as we tear along for a quickly paced and enjoyable sequel to the 1977 story (who knew mice lived that long!?). Nope, you wont remember it for long - but it passes eighty minutes enjoyably enough.
