Google around for anything to do with âSpace Jam: A New Legacy,â and the insidious search engine autofills with what all the cool algorithms are asking: âIs Pennywise in âSpace Jam 2 â?
Yes, kind of. Alongside nearly 100 yearsâ worth of famous and semi-obscure Warner Brothers characters, including a passing reference to â42nd Street,â the killer clown from the âItâ movies can be spotted milling around on the sidelines in director Malcolm D. Leeâs passable blur of a sequel.
The gimmick is in the rulebook. In his âregularâ life as son of a legendary-but-not-Michael-Jordan-level NBA superstar, LeBronâs son Dom (Cedric Joe) would rather design basketball-themed video games than hit the court himself. When the movieâs protracted climax arrives, itâs the video game writ large, with power-ups and style points. Anythingâs possible; occasionally, some of itâs funny. (I like that the Tunes are down 1,002 points at the half.)