Space Jam: A New Legacy | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

If there's a legacy to Space Jam, it's not cinematic creativity, but marketing savvy, brand exploitation and intellectual property aggression - which is exactly what director Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip, Barbershop: The Next Cut) brings to the fore.

It wants nothing but to net cash.

It's almost as though the omnipresent 'We all understand we're just cashing a gigantic check from Nike here' lackadaisical laziness of the original was a better fit to the material simply by virtue of honesty.

With heavy product placement, and a ridiculous reliance on Warner Bros. properties, it ends up feeling inferior to its predecessor. [Full review in Spanish]