Voltron is a 2014 American Science-Fiction Action Film, based off of the animated series Voltron and it's sequel Voltron Force, combining computer animation and live-action. Directed by Joss Whedon and composed by Alan Silvestri. the film was released to theatres on May 15, 2014. As the first installment of the live-action Voltron film series, it stars Logan Lerman, Uriah Shelton, Peyton List, Spencer Boldman, Jake Goodman, Sean Pertwee, Gary Oldman, Josh Brolin, and Tom Hiddleston. The film has three sequls. The 2016 sequel Voltron 2: War of Wade, Voltron 3: Era of Voltron will be released in 2018, and the final film will be in two parts, Voltron: End of Three Worlds Part 1 will be released in 2020 and part 2 in 2021.
Overview
When King Zarkon and the Drule Empire prepare to invade and take over the Galaxy, a group of five young teens, including the Princess of Arus, Allura, a technical ninja, Pidge, and three humans, Keith, Lance, and Hunk, are recruited to pilot five robot lions, which can be brought together to form Voltron.
Cast
- Logan Lerman as Keith Kogane - A young teenage human from Earth, who was recruited to pilot the Black Lion, which forms the head and bulk of Voltron. Keith is a quiet individual, tactful and strategic and has earned a place as leader of the team, and wields dual swords as his Voltcom weapons. He wears a black and dark grey metallic suit.
- The Black Lion Abilities are shock tail and a mouth energy laser.
- Uriah Shelton as Lance Hogan- A young reckless troublemaker from Earth, who was recruited to pilot the Red Lion, which forms the right arm of Voltron. Lance is very hot headed and often cracks jokes in battle and teases the others. He wields dual pistols and power fists as his Voltcom weapons and wears a black and red metallic suit. In the War on Arus, he wore a dark brown/tan jacket.
- The Red Lion Abilities are laser tail, flamethrower mouth, and resistance to extreme tempratures.
- Peyton List as Princess Allura - The princess and ruler of the Kingdom of Arus, and the pilot of the Blue Lion, which forms the right leg of Voltron. Though Allura can be a bit naÏve at times, she is strong-willed and is more than capable of ruling Arus and battling alongside her team, using a whip and bow n arrow as her Voltcom weapons and wears a black and blue metallic suit, and a gold tiara, with a blue gem in it.
- The Blue Lion Abilities are freeze ray tail, mouth water pump, and resistance to extreme cold.
- Jake Goodman as Pidge - As the smallest and smartest of the group from the planet Balto, Pidge pilots the Green Lion, which forms the left arm of Voltron. Pidge is not only super intelligent, but is also very skilled in martial arts, using his size and agility to his advantage. Pidge's voltcom weapons are ninja throwing stars, or "smart stars" as he calls them, which he can move and detonate with his voltcom and wears a green and black metallic suit
- The Green Lion Abilities are Tail Blade, which shoots shuriken-like blades, and sonic mouth canons.
- Spencer Boldman as Henry "Hunk" Richards - Another human from Earth, who pilots the Yellow Lion, which forms the left leg of Voltron. Though his he has a tough and temperamental appearance, Hunk has a soft heart and even though his friends joke about his appetite, most of his body's bulkiness is muscle. He wields the "Claw Hammer" as his voltcom weapon and wears a sleeveless black and yellow metallic suit.
- The Yellow Lion Abilities are a hammer tail, an underbite, that acts as a land plower or drill to dig fast, a dirt or rock mouth cannon, and a vibration cannon on it's back.
- Sean Pertwee as Coran - Allura's royak advisior and lead of castle control. As a very wise and experienced man he often advises the Voltron Force, but can also be overprotective and opinionated.
- Gary Oldman as Sky Marshall Wade - The Commander-in-Chief of the Galactic Alliance Army Defense, in which he leads into battle along the Voltron Force to battle Zarkon's army. Throughout the film, he has been shown to by power hungry, but is trusted highly by the Force.
- Josh Brolin as King Zarkon - The king of Planet Doom and ruler of the Drule Empire, who attempts to expand his Empire to take over the entire galaxy, wantig nothing, but absolute rule and power, but will have to go through the Voltron Force first.
- Tom Hiddleston as Prince Lotor - The son of Zarkon and prince of Planet Doom, who plans to overthrow his father with Allura by his side, to whme he has an obsessive attraction. Lotor is very sly, smart, tactful, and powerful like his father.
- Ron Halder as Maahox - A drule scientist with much knowledge of genetic manipulation and a power source known as Haggarium, which he uses to create mutant creatures, known as Robeast.
- Russel Crowe as King Alfor - Allura's deceased father, who died in battle as the former Blue Lion Pilot years ago, facing King Zarkon, as the last member of his team. Now he returns to Earth as a spirit to guide his daughter in her struggle to keep Arus in a time of peace.
Synopsis
On Planet Doom, the ruler of the Drule Empire, King Zarkon, is given news by his son, Prince Lotor, that the Drule Invasion on Planet Zetonia was a success. With news of that, Zarkon demands that they prepare for the Invasion of Earth.
On Planet Arus, Princess Allura, the ruler of Planet Arus, is given knowledge of Zarkon's rampage to control the Galaxy. Allura speaks with Pidge, the castle's tech engineer, about the upgrades he made to the castle's defense, but he states that he doesn't have what he needs to avoid Drule invasion on Arus, so Allura meditates in her room and speaks with the spirit of her father, King Alfor. He states that she needs to do all she can to protect Arus and the Galactic Alliance and leads her to a large vault in which she finds five mechanical beast.
On Earth, a teen human arrives at school, where he sees a jock encounter and and start a fight with a young troublemaker named Lance and helps him. When the rest of the jocks join in so does Hunk. After beating the jocks they are sent to the principals office. While waiting for the principal, the three introduce themselves to eachother and Lance thanks Hunk and Keith for helping him.
Meanwhile, Pidge reactivates the lions and discovers the keys to the lions and states that he can tinker with new weapons he has been working on, to be powered by the keys and to control the lions. Pidge then volunteers to be the pilot of the green lion. Preparing to announce a tournament for the people of Arus to find four more pilots, Allura is visited again by King Alfor who shows her images of three humans he believes to be the destined pilots of Voltron, but Allura states that she still needs a fifth pilot, but he replies that he's looking at her.
On Earth, Lance is working on his motorcycle, when a flash of light surrounds him and he disappears. Lifting weights in the Gym, the same thing happens to Hunk and it happens again to Keith, who was sitting peacefully on the rails of a bridge. They each appear in a ship in front of Sky Marshall Wade, the commander-in-chief of Arus' army.
Arriving on Arus, the three are greeted by Allura and Pidge, who explain to them that the Drule army is preparing to invade Earth, than Arus. They then show them the lions and the keys. They each grab a key, Allura gets the blue, Keith the black, Pidge the green, Lance the red, and Hunk the yellow. Pidge equips them with their Voltcoms and thet insert their keys into them. Upon activating, the Voltcoms scan their wielders and then create uniforms for the group. Pidge explains the scan was for three reasons. First, to determine a weapon for each of them, based on their strength, speed, agility, and skills. Second, to download them with the knowledge of how to work the lions. Lastly, to determine thier mass and body size to create thier uniforms. The team decide to test the lions and take them outside for practice.
Zarkon is informed by his inside intel that there is a new Voltron Force and that the lions have been re-activated, so he orders Maahox to send a robeast to Arus and decides to invade both Earth and Arus at once.
Back on Arus, the team faces off in combat practice in the lions, but are interrupted, when a large coffin arrives and a large cyclops-like creature breaks out of it. The team attack it, but lose one-by-one. Allura attempts to freeze it with her tail, but it breaks free and attacks her. Keith and Lance grab onto it's arms using their Lions' jaws, as Hunk jumps on it's back, but throws them all off. All at once they blast, with Keith using his electric tail and energy mouth blast, Lance using his tail laser, Hunk using his back cannon, Allura using her freeze ray, and Pidge using his Sonic mouth and defeat it.
On Planet Doom, Zarkon is informed on the Robeast's defeat and orders the invasion.
The team meets with Marshall Wade and the leaders of the Galactic Alliance for a strategy plan and detect the invasion closing in, not just on Arus, but Earth too, leaving the team to prepare for the battle. Allura finds Keith alone, looking troubled and asks him what's wrong and he replies that he is unsure if he has what it takes to protect Arus. She tells him about her father, how he led the former Voltron Force and how he died battling Zarkon. The team gets ready as the Drule Army arrives at Arus. As the army sends it's first wave, The Voltron Force leads the Galactic Alliance Army into battle in their lions. After a long battle, the team is seperated by Robeast, as one robeast captures Allura and the Blue Lion, so Keith follows. As more and more waves of the Drule Army arrive, Pidge, Hunk, and Lance become outmatched.
Allura is taken to Prince Lotor on Planet Doom, as Keith sneaks into Zarkon's castle, while Zarkon heads toward Arus to personally destroy the Voltron Force. Before being able to save Allura, Keith is confronted by Prince Lotor and they begin a duel, but Lotor starts beating him, as the rest of the Force and Wade's Army are surrounded. Zarkon arrives on Arus and weakens the lions with power he gained from the Haggarium, so the team leaves their lions. As Keith is pushed back and cornered in the duel, he flashbacks to when his mother died of illness when he was younger. He then starts to win the duel fighting until cornering Lotor and hitting his sword out of his hands. Keith spares Lotor, as he frees Allura and escapes Planet Doom.
When they arrive on Arus they join the team, as the Voltron Force fights side by side defending Arus. After a long battle, they are contronted by Zarkon. One by one, the team battles and falls to Zarkon, until acting as a team and beating him together. They unite again in their lions as they attack the Drule Fleet together, but are again outnumbered, so they use their last option and form Voltron, coming together as one, instead of five. Voltron begins destroying the Fleet as they form the giant robot's "Blazing Sword" and completely destroy Zarkon's army and the Robeasts, until they retreat. Zarkon wakes up to find Voltron standing over him and is taken into custody along with his son to pay for his crime. After talking to the Galactic Alliance Council, the Voltron Force leaves Arus in the Lions to establish themselves as the New Defenders of the Universe and to rid the Galaxy of the Drule Empire.