Movie Review - Rio
Movie Trailer - Rio
The movie starts off with Blu (Jesse Eisenberg), a baby Spix's Macaw who is unable to fly, were captured by smugglers and taken to Moose Lake, Minnesota. The box containing Blue fell off the truck and Blu was rescued by Linda (Leslie Mann) who took good care of him and they became buddies.
One day, Tulio (Rodrigo Santoro) came to the bookstore where Linda lives and told her that Blu is the last male of his species. Tulio wants to take Blu back to Brazil to mate with a female to preserve the species. When Blue reach Brazil, he made 2 friends, Nico (Jamie Foxx) and Pedro (Will.i.am). As soon as he reaches the aviary, Blu was placed in a confinement with Jewel (Anne Hathaway), a female macaw.
At the same time, Fernando (Jake T. Austin), a poor orphan boy came to steal the macaw with the help of Nigel (Jemaine Clement), an evil Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Blu and Jewel were captured and chained together. However, they manage to escape and got lost in the forest.
In the forest, they met with Rafael (George Lopez), who offer to bring them to see Luiz (Tracy Morgan) which is said to be capable of removing the chain. Rafael attempted to teach Blu how to fly but failed. The three of them later met up with Nico and Pedro who brought them to a bird samba club and they danced there.
Meanwhile, Nigel managed to gather a group of marmosets to help find Blu and Jewel. As Blu and Jewel were dancing in the samba club, the marmosets came and attacked the birds. The five of them managed to escape and the proceed with their journey to find Luiz. Meanwhile, Fernando lead Linda and Tulio to the smugglers hideout only to find out that Blu and Jewel had escape. They also found out about the smugglers criminal plan to use the Carnivale as a cover to smuggle the birds out.
The group of five birds met up with Luiz and Luiz unintentionally uses his drool to free Blu and Jewel. Jewel was very happy but Blu was still depressed because he couldn't fly. As Jewel flew off, she was captured by Nigel. Pedro and Nico inform Blu about Jewel being captured, soon the four of them embark into a journey to rescue to Jewel. They manage to find Jewel but it was a trap set by Nigel to capture all 4 of them.
While they were in a plane being transported away from Brazil, Blu manage to break out from the cage and he rescue all other birds. Nigel saw it and fought with the birds. Blu defeated Nigel but Jewel's wing was injured in the fight. Jewel fell off the plane. Much to her surprise, Blu overcame his fear, follow the rhythm of his heart and flew to rescue her. They reunited with Tulio and Linda. It was a happy ending.
Movie Review - Rio
Movie Trailer - Rio
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