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Seal Team

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  • TV-Y7TV-Y7
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.3K
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Dolph Lundgren, John Kani, Matthew Rhys, Seal, J.K. Simmons, Patrick Warburton, Camille Mana, Kristen Schaal, Sharlto Copley, and Jessie T. Usher in Seal Team (2021)
Fearless seal Quinn assembles a squad of misfit recruits to stand up to ruthless sharks with razor-sharp teeth and reclaim the open sea.
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Fearless seal Quinn assembles a squad of misfit recruits to stand up to ruthless sharks with razor-sharp teeth and reclaim the open sea.Fearless seal Quinn assembles a squad of misfit recruits to stand up to ruthless sharks with razor-sharp teeth and reclaim the open sea.Fearless seal Quinn assembles a squad of misfit recruits to stand up to ruthless sharks with razor-sharp teeth and reclaim the open sea.

IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Greig Cameron
    • Kane Croudace
  • Writers
    • Greig Cameron(screenplay by)
    • Brian Cleveland(story by)
    • Jason Cleveland(story by)
  • Stars
    • J.K. Simmons(voice)
    • Dolph Lundgren(voice)
    • Sharlto Copley(voice)
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Greig Cameron
    • Kane Croudace
  • Writers
    • Greig Cameron(screenplay by)
    • Brian Cleveland(story by)
    • Jason Cleveland(story by)
  • Stars
    • J.K. Simmons(voice)
    • Dolph Lundgren(voice)
    • Sharlto Copley(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 21User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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  • Videos2

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:04
    Official Trailer
    Teaser Trailer
    Trailer 0:31
    Teaser Trailer

    Photos50

    Sharlto Copley in Seal Team (2021)
    Patrick Warburton in Seal Team (2021)
    Sharlto Copley in Seal Team (2021)
    Seal Team (2021)
    Camille Mana in Seal Team (2021)
    Jessie T. Usher in Seal Team (2021)
    Patrick Warburton, Camille Mana, Kristen Schaal, Sharlto Copley, and Jessie T. Usher in Seal Team (2021)
    Richard Steven Horvitz in Seal Team (2021)
    Camille Mana in Seal Team (2021)
    Patrick Warburton and Camille Mana in Seal Team (2021)
    Jessie T. Usher in Seal Team (2021)
    Sharlto Copley in Seal Team (2021)

    Top cast

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    J.K. Simmons
    J.K. Simmons
    • Claggartas Claggart
    • (voice)
    Dolph Lundgren
    Dolph Lundgren
    • Dolphas Dolph
    • (voice)
    Sharlto Copley
    Sharlto Copley
    • Switchas Switch
    • (voice)
    Bumper Robinson
    Bumper Robinson
    • HMMF Animal Handleras HMMF Animal Handler
    • (voice)
    • …
    Jessie T. Usher
    Jessie T. Usher
    • Quinnas Quinn
    • (voice)
    Julian Alexander Smith
    Julian Alexander Smith
    • Benjias Benji
    • (voice)
    • (as Julian Smith)
    Patrick Warburton
    Patrick Warburton
    • Geraldoas Geraldo
    • (voice)
    Rick Zieff
    Rick Zieff
    • Crunchas Crunch
    • (voice)
    Richard Steven Horvitz
    Richard Steven Horvitz
    • Snapas Snap
    • (voice)
    • (as Rich Horvitz)
    Vivienne Rutherford
    Vivienne Rutherford
    • Samas Sam
    • (voice)
    Kristen Schaal
    Kristen Schaal
    • Bethas Beth
    • (voice)
    John Kani
    John Kani
    • Brickas Brick
    • (voice)
    Anjali Bhimani
    Anjali Bhimani
    • Crabby Stabbyas Crabby Stabby
    • (voice)
    • …
    Matthew Rhys
    Matthew Rhys
    • Grimesas Grimes
    • (voice)
    Jan Johns
    Jan Johns
    • Maydayas Mayday
    • (voice)
    • …
    Kate Micucci
    Kate Micucci
    • Diving Deeas Diving Dee
    • (voice)
    Daran Norris
    Daran Norris
    • Rogeras Roger
    • (voice)
    • …
    Seal
    Seal
    • Seal Sealas Seal Seal
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Greig Cameron
      • Kane Croudace
    • Writers
      • Greig Cameron(screenplay by)
      • Brian Cleveland(story by)
      • Jason Cleveland(story by)
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    Storyline

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    After his best friend is killed in a shark attack, Quinn, a lovable yet tenacious seal assembles a SEAL TEAM to fight back against a gang of sharks overtaking the neighborhood. But this merry band of international seals are not at all trained for such a mission. They seek the help of a much more skillful combatant, Claggart, but even his tricks and flips can't whip these guys into shape. However, with a little bit of ingenuity, intelligence and a lot of heart, our SEAL TEAM may actually be able to bring peace back to their undersea community.
    • shark
    • Plot summary
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    • Taglines
      • Jaws Will Drop!
    • Genres
      • Animation
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • TV-Y7
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film is set in Africa, so all the "seals" are Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus). They are much more closely related to sea lions than true seals, and share with them external ears (pinnae), relatively long and muscular foreflippers, and the ability to walk on all fours. In the US, they'd be easily confused with California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), because both fur seals and sea lions are from the same family, commonly known as Eared Seals (Otariidae).
    • Soundtracks
      Crazy
      Vocal Performance by Seal

      Written by Seal (as Olusegun Adeola Samuel), Guy Sigsworth

      Published by Universal Music Publishing on behalf of Perfect Songs Ltd. and Beethoven Street Music

    User reviews21

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    A surprisingly funny well-made animated feature.
    Cape fur seal, Quinn (Jesse T. Usher) lives on Seal Island along with his best friend Benji (Julian Smith). The seals due to the multitude of sharks around their island home primarily subsist on terrible tasting barnacles only occasionally able to catch a fish and break from the taste of "sand and disappointment". When Benji is eaten by Great White shark Grimes (Matthew Rhys), Quinn is spared the same fate after being rescued by Claggart (J. K. Simmons) former leader of Hyper Marine Military Force (HMMF) a team of sea mammals, with cape fur seal tech expert Switch (Sharlto Copley) and cigar chomping striped dolphin Dolph (Dolph Lundgren), who did clandestine military missions until a sea mine destroyed their ship and left Claggart as an abrasive loner. Upon learning of Claggart's past Quinn recruits fellow cape fur seals consisting of energized eccentric Beth (Kristen Schaal) and boastful coward Geraldo (Patrick Warburton) in the hopes of having Claggart train them in his military skills to form a team to fight back against the sharks. With a team of misfits both new and old coming together the team set out to fight back against the sharks with Grimes ready with an insidious plan.

    Seal Team marks the latest film from South African based production house, Triggerfish Animation, who cut their teeth on modestly budgeted features like Adventures in Zambezia and Khumba and are responsible for co-producing a number of TV specials for British TV along with Magic Light Pictures. The studio currently also has a number of TV projects in development for streamers such as Disney+ and Netflix. Seal Team marks the studio's first feature film in about 8 years and on the surface from its celebrity voice cast to its pun-centric title seems like it's tailored made as one of those middle of the road foreign animated films from the likes nWave Pictures or Vanguard Animation that are tailor made for bargain bins in your local store, but in execution the movie surprisingly has a lot of charm and humor to it and despite being on the lower end of the budget spectrum is considerably more stylish than I was expecting.

    The movie is very much a parody of "men on a mission" formula military movies down to the fact the movie flashes back to the 80s to show the glory days of HMMF and features Dolph Lundgren in a prominent cameo as a cigar chomping dolphin who fits well within the characterization seen in projects like The A-Team or any number of Cannon Films. The movie lovingly sends up the tropes of this type of military team movie with all the tropes and trappings we know and love from the genre and gets a lot of mileage from its creative weaponry and gadgets like a stealth suit made out of octopi, a barracuda firing weapon called the "barazooka", and a number of other fun elements that lead to some amusing moments.

    The cast is very entertaining featuring the likes of J. K. Simmons, Patrick Warburton, Kristen Schaal, and Sharlto Copley are all strong supporting performers who give real life and energy to their performances and help augment the film's humor. Jessie T. Usher as Quinn makes a good protagonist who plays off well against the set of characters, and Matthew Rhys is having fun chewing the scene as the villainous Great White Shark Grimes who's both threatening as an antagonist and pretty funny. The animation is really strong for a smaller studio with Triggerfish going for a slightly simplified style in terms of the designs and animation that almost looks like a stylized stop-motion and falls well in line with the quality of their TV specials they've produced in the intervening years.

    Not every joke lands as there are elements such as running gags that aren't all that funny such as British Singer-Songwriter Seal playing a singing cape fur seal called Seal Seal and some gags work better than others, but the humor has so many diverse and amusing moments (including some cheeky references to other shark movies) that when I wasn't laughing I was smiling.

    Seal Team is well above average for the standards of many animated films from smaller production houses and with a team of well utilized comic talents and humor and approach that succeeds more often than it stumbles, Seal Team will make enjoyable viewing.
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    • Jan 1, 2022

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 31, 2021 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • South Africa
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Biệt Đội Hải Cẩu
    • Production companies
      • Banc of California
      • Cinema Management Group
      • Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $636,624
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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