Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
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| Directed by | Mark Baldo |
| Produced by | Kristy Scanlan Joshua Wexler |
| Written by | Sean Catherine Derek |
| Story by | Greg Farshtey |
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Michael Dorn Jim Cummings Marla Sokoloff David Leisure Mark Famiglietti James Arnold Taylor Armin Shimerman Fred Tatasciore |
| Music by | Cory Lerios & John D'Andrea |
| Edited by | Aeolyn Kelley |
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Kidtoon Films Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn is an animated film based on the Lego Bionicle toys. It was released on September 15, 2009 in the United States and Canada, October 5, 2009 in the United Kingdom and September 2, 2009 in Australia. It is the last Bionicle movie to be released. The end of the story was posted on BIONICLE.com in web format, titled the “Mata Nui Saga.” It also features a trailer for Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers. Unlike the first three Bionicle films, this film was released by Universal rather than Miramax.
The film stars Michael Dorn as the voice of Mata Nui in what was supposed to be a trilogy of films, but production schedules for the sequels were cancelled due to Lego discontinuing the release of Bionicle toys.
Mata Nui (Michael Dorn), the Great Spirit of the Matoran universe on Aqua Magna, has been exiled from his home by his "brother," the evil Makuta Teridax. Teridax took over his gigantic robot body just after Mata Nui's reawakening and trapped the latter's spirit inside the legendary Kanohi Mask of Life. Teridax then banished the mask into orbit, in order to prevent Mata Nui from interfering with his takeover of the Matoran Universe.
The mask crash lands on a planet called Bara Magna, a remote, decaying wasteland of scrap parts and burnished metals. A Scarabax beetle watches as the Mask of Life creates a body for Mata Nui, who almost steps on the Scarabax. He picks up the Scarabax, who touches his mask. Upon doing so, the beetle changes into a living weapon. Just then, a being called a Vorox attacks Mata Nui and after a struggle, flees without its stinger, which has broken off. Mata Nui picks up the stinger as a vehicle carrying a villager named Metus (David Leisure) speeds towards him.
The fast-talking Agori recruiter takes Mata Nui to Vulcanus as he tells the once ruler about life on Bara Magna. Local villages scavenge for what remains, building shelters, survival gear and ultimately arenas where they can settle their disputes. Putting the best Glatorian from each village against one another, tribes can quickly end quarrels based on the outcome of the fight. Metus introduces Mata Nui to Raanu (Armin Shimerman), the Agori leader of Vulcanus, who is too interested in the fight between veteran fighter Strakk (Jeff Glen Bennett) and Vulcanus' prime Glatorian, Ackar (Jim Cummings), to talk. Strakk eventually falls in battle, but gets up and illegally fells Ackar after conceding. Mata Nui intervenes and gets beaten down by the angry Strakk. As Mata Nui tries to use the stinger to defend himself, the mask transforms it into a sword. Mata Nui quickly defeats Strakk (and forces him to audibly concede), gaining Ackar as a friend in the process.
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