After The Super Mario Bros. Movie's whirlwind success, it seems the only way is up for Nintendo and Illumination – but no one would have expected them to go quite so sky-high by bringing The Super Mario Galaxy Movie into theaters.
But there's little time to consider the merits of Mario jumping over much of the portly plumber's video game history to (very loosely) adapt the Super Mario Galaxy series as the sequel immediately shifts into high-gear, speeding into an opening that sees Princess Rosalina (Brie Larson) kidnapped by Bowser Jr. (a scarcely recognizable Benny Safdie) in a bid to rescue his father, Bowser (Jack Black).
