The movie details the misadventures of a cyborg detective who, along with his niece and her dog, solve a variety of crimes and keep the reigns in on super villain, Claw. In this latest release of the movie, which is based on a 20 year old television series, the Inspector (now played by French Stewart) must thwart Claw's attempts to commit the latest crime of the century. The problem is that Gadget has been taken off the case in light of his recent misconduct and has been replaced by a new technological marvel, G2. Aptly played by the lovely Elaine Hendrix, G2 is a robot, not a cyborg, and has all the latest gizmo's at her disposal-gizmo's that work by the way, which is something Gadget never had. Between the two of them, with a little help from Penny and Brain, will they save the day once more?

Picture: The picture was presented in 1.66:1 Anamorphic Widescreen. It was almost blindingly perfect with it's bright colors but there seemed to be some shaking at the very top of the screen from time to time.

Sound: The choices were 5.1 Dolby Digital in English or 2.0 Dolby Digital in French. It was very crisp and clear too.

Extras: 2 audio commentaries (one by the director himself and the other has him joining Elaine and French), a dozen deleted scenes, an illustrated Gadget where you can see some of the gadgets the two inspectors have access to, a Gadget Training Simulator game, a Behind the Scenes feature, bloopers, a music video by Rose Falcon, an isolated music score, a storyboard to film comparison of the Bridge scene, a bunch of Disney trailers

Final Thoughts: I watched this one and thought the movie was very much like the old television series. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your frame of mind. It was cute enough for me but the real test came when I popped it in at a friend's house in front of her kids. After all, what better test for a kid movie than to see if a bunch of kids would sit still to watch it? Well, they liked it. They liked it a lot. Only one of them needed a potty break and that was a quick one. The only problem I had after that was that the kids wanted a) to see it again and b) they wanted Inspector Gadget toys. Note to self: don't let kids eat a lot of sugar before or during their viewing of this movie. The movie was kind of hokey to me but it's made for kids so I guess their rating is what counts. Recommended by kids, for kids-now all we need is for Disney to release all of the original cartoons for those of us with a sense of nostalgia.