Rescue Heroes: The Movie is a Canadian 2003

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 CGI

Computer-generated imagery

Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...

 family film from Artisan Entertainment

Artisan Entertainment

Artisan Entertainment Inc. was a privately held independent American movie studio until it was purchased by a Canadian studio, Lionsgate, in 2003. At the time of its acquisition, Artisan had a library of thousands of films developed through acquisition, original production, and production and...

, based on the Rescue Heroes

Rescue Heroes

Rescue Heroes is a line of toys from Fisher-Price that was introduced in 1997. Rescue Heroes depicts various rescue personnel and their equipment. In 1999, an animated television series titled Rescue Heroes was released and was based on the figurines...

TV series.

Plot

A series of mysterious lightning storms are wreaking havoc worldwide as they spiral through the atmosphere toward Greenland. Once they collide, they will create one massive storm that will result in cataclysmic destruction. The Rescue Heroes use their new Mission Select equipment to contain the disasters all over the world caused by these strange storms. But Billy Blazes is poisoned on a mission and getting weaker by the moment, and Rocky Canyon is grounded for insubordination, therefore making the team short-handed. The Rescue Heroes face their biggest challenge yet, since they must find a cure to save Billy and solve the mystery of the storms in order to save the world in time.

Cast

• Norm Spencer
  Norm Spencer
  Norman "Norm" Spencer is a Canadian voice actor, most notable for being the English voice of the X-Men character Cyclops throughout many incarnations of the character in the 1990s, including the X-Men cartoon show, several X-Men video games, and as the character in crossover episodes for other...
  
   as Billy Blazes
• Joseph Motiki
  Joseph Motiki
  Joseph "Joe" Frederick Motiki is a Canadian television host and performer.Motiki was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario and graduated in 1995 from the Radio & Television Arts program at Ryerson University. While an undergraduate at Ryerson, Motiki beat out 350 hopefuls to become the host of What,...
  
   as Rocky Canyon
• Lenore Zann
  Lenore Zann
  Lenore Zann is a politician as well as a screen, television, stage, and voice actress who has appeared in numerous television shows and films...
  
   as Wendy Waters
• Deborah Odell
  Deborah Odell
  Deborah Odell is a Canadian actress who has appeared in various films and television series, including Godsend with Robert De Niro and the premiere episode of the SciFi Channel series the Dresden Files.-External links:*...
  
   as Ariel Flyer
• Rod Wilson as Jack Hammer
• Martin Roach
  Martin Roach
  Martin Jamie Roach is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles on Aaron Stone as T. Abner Hall and in the films Cube Zero, Diary of the Dead, and The Lookout.-Filmography:* Producing Parker as Dr...
  
   as Jake Justice
• Cathal J. Dodd
  Cathal J. Dodd
  Cathal J. Dodd is a voice actor who is best known for his portrayal of the Marvel comics character Wolverine in X-Men: The Animated Series, then reprisal of the role for X-Men: Mutant Academy, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, and the Marvel vs. Capcom series of video games. He has been...
  
   as Rip Rockefeller
• Andrew Pifko
  Andrew Pifko
  Andrew Pifko is a Canadian television, theater and voice actor, who has worked on numerous projects since beginning his career in 1998. Since then, Pifko has appeared on television shows such as Queer as Folk, Rescue Heroes, and Til Death Do Us Part, among others...
  
   as Matt Medic
• John Bourgeois
  John Bourgeois
  John Bourgeois is a bilingual actor, director and educator.-Life and career:John Bourgeois was born in Ottawa. He received his training at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and Concordia University in Montreal, where he obtained a B.A...
  
   as Warren Waters
• Christopher Earle as Roger Houston
• Donald Burda as Pat Pending
• Edward Glen
  Edward Glen
  Edward Glen, also credited as Eddie Glen , is a Canadian actor who has voiced various TV shows and films.-Credits:* Angela Anaconda - Gordy Rhinehart* Blazing Dragons - Flicker* Dangaioh - Rol Kran...
  
   as Al Pine
• Andrew Sabiston
  Andrew Sabiston
  Andrew Sabiston is a Canadian actor, theatre and television writer and lyricist. He went to St. Michaels University School in Victoria, British Columbia, graduating in 1982, the same year as classmate Leslie Hope. Both had been cast in their final year in the Paul Almond movie, Ups & Downs, which...
  
   as Bob Sled
• Tony Daniels
  Tony Daniels
  -Voice Acting Roles:-References:*...
  
   as Hal E. Copter
• Dwayne Hill as Sam Sparks
• Colin Glazer as Tony

Trivia

• The movie is in CGI Animation, while the TV series was shot in traditional 2D animated style.

• The movie focuses on many disasters at once, such as earthquakes, fires, etc., while an episode in the TV series focuses on only one disaster, such as an earthquake.

External links

• Review from AMC's Filmcritic.com