Set in the future, the film follows a man named Lester (voiced by Thomas Middleditch), who has a heart and passion for becoming a legendary henchman. But becoming a henchman takes hard work and attendance at "Union of Evil", the school of henchmen. After struggling to pass his first test, Lester is assigned to a crew of workers that complete minor duties which includes cleaning. While working among this team, Lester meets Hank (James Marsden), a fallen henchman with a mysterious past. At first, Hank can't help but give young Lester life advice, even more so when he learns about his desire to serve as henchman to a supervillain. After an incident occurs, Hank is officially assigned to Lester as his mentor, and he begins to train and teach Lester in his journey to becoming a henchman. But things take a turn for the worst for Lester when he accidentally unlocks and takes the ultimate weapon while mopping. Now Hank will be forced to bend the rules and assemble a team to save Lester, perhaps even rise up to be the ultimate superhero who saves the day and rescues Lester. Henchmen is best described as a family film filled with fun comedy moments. The film's style and general look when it comes to animation is fairly basic, direct to DVD quality. What makes the film more cinematic is the long list of the talented voice cast, which includes Nathan Fillion, Rosario Dawson, Alfred Molina, Rob Riggle, Jane Krakowski, Craig Robinson, and many more. As a comedy, the film is obviously made for a young audience with jokes of random one-liners, burp and fluff jokes, and so on. While an adult audience will enjoy the frequent references to (and mocking of) many popular superhero films (such as Avengers, The Incredibles and even Die Hard) through subtle references and a classic rock musical number, there’s not much else here. Overall, while Henchmen introduces a great idea and a pleasing world of super baddies, I sadly found myself disengaged for most of this animated feature. The opening is promising, and the animation film includes some classic musical tracks, but once the plot begins, things fall downhill quite rapidly. Granted, a younger audience will enjoy superhero themes, random jokes, slapstick humour, and fluff and burp gags. With such a wonderful line-up of voice actors, I hoped for something far greater. *This review has been written for Sanity. For more reviews from Walkden Entertainment, check out the link here: www.walkdenentertainment.com