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The island of Mata Nui must face one final threat from the evil Makuta: The Rahkshi. The only hope for the survival of the islanders rests with two Matoran villagers, who must find the seven... Read allThe island of Mata Nui must face one final threat from the evil Makuta: The Rahkshi. The only hope for the survival of the islanders rests with two Matoran villagers, who must find the seventh Toa and deliver him the Mask of Light.The island of Mata Nui must face one final threat from the evil Makuta: The Rahkshi. The only hope for the survival of the islanders rests with two Matoran villagers, who must find the seventh Toa and deliver him the Mask of Light.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations
Jason Michas
- Takua
- (voice)
- …
Andrew Francis
- Jaller
- (voice)
Scott McNeil
- Toa Tahu
- (voice)
- …
Lee Tockar
- Makuta
- (voice)
- …
Kathleen Barr
- Toa Gali
- (voice)
Dale Wilson
- Toa Lewa
- (voice)
- …
Michael Dobson
- Toa Kopaka
- (voice)
- …
Trevor Devall
- Toa Pohatu
- (voice)
Lesley Ewen
- Turaga Nokama
- (voice)
Chiara Zanni
- Hahli
- (voice)
Doc Harris
- Kolhii Announcer
- (voice)
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- TriviaAt the beginning of the Kolhii match, the competitors salute each other by saying "play well." Lego, the company that produced the Bionicle toys, takes its name from the Danish phrase "leg godt", which means "play well".
- GoofsA 'miniature' Turaga Nuju appears in front of Turaga Vakama near the end, at the Kini-Nui temple when Hahli is holding her speech. His size suggests that he should have been animated behind the crowd. When this shot is repeated again, the goof still shows.
- Crazy creditsToward the end of the credits, a sentence written in Matoran script appears. It reads: "No Rahi were harmed in the making of this film". ("Rahi" is a term that refers to Mata-Nui's fauna.)
- Alternate versionsIn Germany, the movie was marketed towards very young children, and many frightening or intense scenes got removed or edited. These include:
- Most shots of the Rahkshi opening their headplates to reveal their tentacled faces, with the exceptions of the brown Rahkshi roaring for a second time after Tahu surrounds it with fire, the white Rahkshi screeching as Takua and Pewku approach it in Onu-Koro, the red and black Rahkshi moving about in Onu-Koro, and the white and black Rahkshi screeching as they're defeated at the end.
- Tahu's swords landing next to Jaller.
- Makuta creating the first three Rahkshi.
- The green Rahkshi's hand rising out of the destroyed shrine.
- Much of the siege on Ta-Koro is cut, including the Rahkshi menacing its people, Gali grabbing Hahli out of harm's way, and most of Tahu's fight with the green Rahkshi. The editing is very choppy, with Tahu inexplicably lying on the ground with the green Rahkshi over him, then their positions being suddenly reversed without showing how any of this happened.
- The shot of the three Rahkshi flying toward Takua and Jaller inside the ice crevice is cut, as is the following shot of them flying over Kopaka's unconscious body. Strangely, the former shot is repeated a few seconds later.
- Makuta's eyes floating in the darkness after Takua turns down his offer.
- Pohatu and Onua engaging the three new Rahkshi only to be beaten by them is cut entirely.
- The poisoned Tahu attacking Gali. The scene cuts just as Tahu gets up.
- The Rahkshi ambushing and climbing after Takua on the "chimney" is cut, and so is Pohatu pinning the red Rahkshi to the wall. A wipe effect jumps to the scene of the two remaining Rahkshi running toward Pohatu and Onua, making it appear this is the first time they fight.
- Jaller being killed by fear power is shortened, Makuta only says "Fear me" once.
- Jaller's death scene is severely shortened. The moment when Jaller dies is cut, but the audio is heard. Takua looking at his body with sorrow is cut and his subsequent closeup is also shortened.
- The Kraata worm slithering into Makuta's lair.
- Much of Makuta's fight with Takanuva is cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #29.11 (2003)
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Just barely watchable for non-fans
Before I saw this, I thought it wouldn't matter much if I didn't know the characters beforehand. I was wrong. I could barely follow the story, which annoyed me, since it was so simple that it hurts. The plot is OK, but unless you're a fan of Bionicle, you won't really care about it; it spends too little time telling us who these characters are, or giving us reasons to like them, or care for them. I realize that this is a children's movie, but it should have been better; most Disney movies give you characters to care about. The acting varied from decent to very bad. The characters were OK, but too many of them seemed to be there just for the sake of comic relief(on a side-note, why did one of the Toa's talk like Yoda?). The CGI is mostly OK, but at times it descends into mediocrity. Something I found repetitively annoying was how the animators kept trying to give these characters with barely any facial features at all emotion; it just doesn't work, when the eyes are lights and the face is a metal surface. Light and metal can't convey emotions like human actors can. They should have realized that, and put more action in it instead. With all that said, the action was the most entertaining thing in this movie, especially the fight at the end. Apart from that, this movie has very little to offer to non-fans of Bionicle, and if you get around to watching this, you'll be happy that it's only 70 minutes, because you won't be able to sit through any more of it when it's done. 5/10
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- Bionicle: Mask of Light - The Movie
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- Budget
- $5,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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