Bring home ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’

Category: Blu-ray's and DVD's

The latest film in the franchise, Minions: The Rise of Gru, is 90 per cent minions and 10 percent Gru, which will please fans of these adorable little yellow fellows. The story explains how Gru ended up adopting the Minions, and not only are Kevin, Stuart, and Bob front and center, this film introduces their friend Otto. Otto is a sweet rolly polly guy with braces and he is eager to help and eager to please.

12-year-old Gru admires the Vicious 6 who are the most evil bunch of villains. When a vacancy arises in the group, Gru applies to join this notorious gang of villains, but when they discover he is only a child instead of a tiny man they belittle him and evict him from their lair. But Gru decides to show them how evil he can be and steals their precious stone, intending on returning it once they admit him into the fold.

The problem is, Gru doesn’t fully anticipate their reaction and soon it is Otto who is entrusted with the stone. But Otto is not the most trustworthy of the group. With the stone lost somewhere in suburbia, Gru is taken hostage by his hero, and soon the minions must find the stone and take it to San Francisco to rescue their beloved Gru.

Steve Carell returns to voice Gru alongside Julie Andrews voicing his mom. Alan Arkin voices Gru’s hero Wild Knuckles, with Michelle Yeoh supplying the voice of Master Chow who ends up teaching martial arts to Kevin, Bob, and Stuart. Taraji P, Henson adds the voice of Belle Bottom, Russell Brand is Nefario, Jean-Claude Van Damme is Jean-Clawed, Dolph Lundgern is Svengeance, Danny Trejo is Stronghold, and Lucy Lawless is Nun-Chuck.

This action-packed story is now available on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital with plenty of bonus features: 2 mini-movies featuring the adorable Minions, outtakes, a look at the characters, a lesson on how to draw the characters, and some more fun things to watch and do.

Minions: The Rise of Gru is rated PG for some action/violence and rude humor.

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