Spark: A Space Tail is an animated children’s movie set on the fictional planet Bana, which has been taken over by an evil lord. The film follows Spark, a teenage monkey exiled from his home planet, ...

Parents who make the sacrifice of watching “Spark: A Space Tail” with their children may be modestly amused by writer-director Aaron Wooley’s wink-wink allusions to “Star Wars,” “Starship Troopers,” ...

The movie opens on the planet Bana, which is ruled by a kind monkey king. However, his evil brother harnesses the power of a Space Kraken to open a black hole, which shatters the planet into shards.

Thirteen years ago, the power-mad General Zhong seized control of Planet Bana and tore it to pieces in the process. Now splintered into hundreds of shards, Zhong is Bana's evil-overlord, ruling with ...