User Reviews

"Rick and Morty Strike Again!" is a 7.5-minute live action short film from 2017, so it is neither a really new or old work you can say. The director and one of the writers here is Chris R. Notarile, one of the most famous fan film makers these days you can say for sure, if not the number one. Massive body of work he has and this is also by far not his only elaboration that takes (in the original) animated characters into the world of live action. This one actually came out relatively quickly after another "Rick and Morty" short film by Notarile starring the same actors and that one I watched not too long ago as well for the first time and I really did not like it at all. This one here I liked a lot more, which truly surprised me. The idea already of kidnapping Ronald McDonald here had me in stitches pretty quickly and sure he seemed a bit like a harmless Joker, who was still swearing a lot, and I am sure this was not completely unintentional to perceive the character like that. R&M (or really only Rick) want to get the recipe for a special sauce from him, but Ronald McJoker is resilient until a Harvey Quinn equivalent shows up, equally sadistic and insane. How did Rick and Morty (or again really only Rick) get in touch with her? Anyway, she gets the job done for them as we find out and in the end, in the post-credit sequence, we see the gang enjoy nuggets with this sauce and they (or again really only Rick) realize that it was more about nostalgia that drove them to this sauce then it was the actual taste. Overall a good watch, also thumbs up to the pretty stunning Lindsey Bean for her solid acting and writing in here. She was Notarile's co-writer for this movie. And the actor for Rick reminded me a bit of Henry Winkler. Maybe it's just me. Overall, I give this one a thumbs-up. I have seen many films by Notarile, also some I did not like at all, but this one here is definitely among the better achievements. Go check it out! Even worth seeing and a fun watch if you know basically nothing about R&M.