Since sequels continue to bring in money, Disney released
its sequel to 101 Dalmatians in early
2003. 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London
Adventure starred Barry Bostwick, Jason Alexander, Martin Short, Susanne
Blakeslee, Kath Soucie, Jim Cummings, and Bobby Lockwood. It was awarded the
DVDX awards for best animated feature, best director, best editing and best
musical score.
The Radcliffe family and their Dalmatians are preparing to
move to their Dalmatian Plantation in the countryside. But one puppy, Patch
(Lockwood), feels ignored and wants to be like his television hero, Thunderbolt
(Bostwick). He is accidentally left behind and heads to an audition for a guest
spot on the show.
Meanwhile, Cruella de
Vil (Blakeslee) has returned to London under probation and a restraining order
but attempts to feed her fixation on spots with the help of a German artist
named Lars (Short).
This is actually one of the more tolerable Disney sequels.
By no means is it better than the original, but it’s still actually pretty
creative. It gives Cruella a chance to reform by fixing her obsession onto another
medium. But that really only goes to show how deep she is into how much she
wanted that coat and how she could probably never change on her own.
The Thunderbolt dynamic is also pretty interesting. He’s the
actor who wants to show that he can do what he does onscreen just as well as
off. But that’s for selfish means. It’s not until he stops trying to be the
hero for himself and becomes a hero for others that he actually succeeds. It also
portrays the relationship between a starstruck child who believes the actor to
actually be a hero and the actor who really isn’t.
And for one of the direct to video sequels, the animation here
is actually fairly decent and quite a bit more vibrant than the first film.
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