Bright, shiny, nostalgia-tickling techno-goop for the whole family, “Space Jam: A New Legacy” is a follow-up to the 1996 live-action/animation hybrid “Space Jam,” which put Michael Jordan on an intergalactic basketball court with Bugs Bunny because — well, why not? Unlike the first “Space Jam,” “A New Legacy” doesn’t limit itself to Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes. And so he grows up to be, well, LeBron James. Cue an extended mash-up montage that sends “Space Jam: A New Legacy” hurtling from derivative to flat-out depressing in a hurry. AdvertisementIn “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” they’re treated as disposable or, worse, interchangeable — scraps of free-floating pop-cultural DNA to be endlessly and arbitrarily recombined.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 15, 2021 18:11 UTC