After he accidentally destroys the winter food supply of his fellow Liberty Park residents, Surly, a squirrel, is banished to the streets of Oakton. Surly finds the town's nut shop and hatches a plan to plunder its bounty. However, unknown to Surly and his team of animal associates, the nut shop is really a front for mobsters who plan to rob the bank next door.
Only a multilevel chase sequence involving Surly and some glowing-eyed street rats has any real kinetic excitement, and the supporting characters lack visual distinction.
This week's talking-animal toon is bad enough to cause an allergic reaction in anyone above the age of five. Everyone else is advised to take along two peanuts, one for each ear.
Children under seven will enjoy the slapstick nature of the fun and the irresistible Gangnam Style end credits sequence [but] parents might question why a film of this nature needs to feature humans using guns.
Pretty much everything in this South Korean co-production is slightly undercooked, lacking the same degree of sprightly wit or dramatic punch regularly found in A-list studio product.
