![]() Its sense of humour, though, remains joyously rooted in the golden age of British comics – back when Dennis was still officially a Menace by title, and could drive through Beanotown in a tank. Where its 2000 predecessor drew inspiration from 1960s prisoner-of-war pictures – most notably 1963’s The Great Escape – this follow-up riffs on the spy capers and paranoid thrillers of the end of that decade: think outlandish modernist lairs, shadowy mind-control schemes, wildly complex infiltration missions and swanky soundtrack stings. This uproarious sequel to the Bristol studio’s beloved debut feature, which premiered at the London Film Festival today, takes what mercifully no one has yet labelled the Chicken Run Cinematic Universe and moves it on precisely one cultural notch. ![]() Aardman Animations’ Chicken Run was released more than two decades ago, but less than half that time appears to have passed in poultry years. ![]()
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