Sir Billi, or Guardian of the Highlands to U.S. audiences, is the final scripted performance by Sean Connery. It also has the dubious distinction of being a ghastly curtain call for one of last great Hollywood icons. What was undoubtedly a project meant to inspire and celebrate Scottish culture and its emerging animation industry clearly missed its mark, despite the former Mr. Bond executive producing this project.

Based upon an animated short from the mid-2000s, the 2012 film features Connery as Sir Billi, a skateboarding senior who is the local town veterinarian. He ventures out on a mission to save Scotland's last beaver, Bessie Boo. Along with the town villagers and sidekick Gordon, Billi battles the cops to ensure Bessie's freedom.

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While the plot is a little out-there, the film did feature some major stars along with Connery, such as Alan Cumming and a theme by Shirley Bassey. Sir Billi has some serious Hollywood muscle, but its execution needed more brains over brawnWhomever had the pull to gather this collection of exceptionally talented celebrities to contribute to this animated abomination deserves their own award, because the movie is awful. It is not easy to slap such a label on anything creative, as all art has its merits, but it is hard to watch Sir Billi without a sense of utter befuddlement. The critical reception to the film reflects this sentiment, as Sir Billi earned a whopping zero on Rotten Tomatoes.

Upon first sight, viewers will immediately see how much of an eyesore this film is. The husband and wife duo Sascha and Tessa Hartmann who wrote and directed the film delivered a project that had the look and feel of something crafted in their kitchen. Sir Billi uses a creepy, low-grade animation style that is uncomfortable to watch. Add that to the nonsensical plot, incoherent story and humorless, clunky script, it's a complete disaster.

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One of the most horrifying problems in Sir Billi is its incredibly misogynistic overtones. The film delivers a vapid portrayal of women that is offensive on almost every level. From the cartoonish, over-sized, cleavage-heavy bosoms that jiggle and sway whenever women sashay across the screen, to the film's titular hero getting picked up in a bar by a woman his daughter calls a “brazen lassie" (even going so far as to remark upon her apparent fake breasts), it is difficult to understand why the creators included these insulting scenes.

Sir Billi also leans too heavily on Connery’s own film legacy. The not-so-subtle, in-your-face-references to The Hunt for Red October, Indiana Jones and of course James Bond, begins to feel mundane and reminds viewers of how very out of place this movie feels slotted alongside the many iconic titles in Connery's film catalogue.

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While there is tremendous merit in the film's origins and the desire to showcase Scotland’s homegrown talent and emerging animation industry, it’s timing couldn’t have been worse thanks to Pixar. In competition with Sir Billi, Brave was also released in 2012, becoming a global blockbuster and capturing the heart of Scottish culture that Sir Billi couldn’t. In fairness, any small studio going up against Pixar is like facing a battleship in a knife-fight.

What likely weighs heaviest on Connery fans when they see this movie is a sense of opportunity lost. After passing on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings franchise, Sean Connery only delivered fans the polarizing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Sir Billi before his death. The two less-than-ideal offerings fizzled out the closing act of one of the greatest careers in cinema.

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