On April 24, 2025, A Minecraft Movie emerged in theaters, immersing the audience in the fantastical, action-packed world of Minecraft in rolling film. The 3D sandbox adventure game created by Mojang Studios centers around creation, exploration, and survival in a realm made up completely of blocks. Its diverse gameplay allows for players to make their own decisions to survive in their world and lets them create with the only limit being their imagination.
Imagination and creativity are major themes throughout A Minecraft Movie, with the main character, Steve, being an expert builder and master of the Overworld, a peaceful realm in Minecraft, as well as a crafting mentor to the four misfits that accidentally get stuck there. After a mishap with the portal between the real world and the Overworld, the four individuals have to go on a quest in order to find a way back home. The cast of characters is incredibly diverse, undergoing personal growths of their own throughout the movie.
At the beginning of the movie, the audience is introduced to Steve, a man who has “Yearned for the mines” since he was a child. He leads a boring life until he gives into his desires to be a miner and finds the Orb and Crystal, the key to create the portal to the Overworld. In the process of creating and exploring this foreign land, he happens across the Nether and is captured. He sends his dog, Dennis, away with the Orb and Crystal in order to keep his captor, Malgosha, from using them for world domination.
Dennis hides them among Steve’s belongings, which are later bought and rifled through by Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, who is desperate to find and sell anything in order to save his video game store. Disappointed with the lack of valuable items, he throws them, including the Orb and Crystal, on the shelves in his store, which are later picked up by Henry. Henry and his older sister Natalie recently moved in after their parents died, and after an incident at school occurs that he does not want his sister to know about, he calls Garrison to pick him up.
Henry places the Orb and Crystal together, causing the portal to appear, and he goes after it. Natalie, noticing her brother is missing, enlists the help of her neighbor Dawn to find him. They arrive in time to see Henry getting sucked towards the portal by the Orb and Crystal. After trying to hold on to him, they all shoot through it, immediately being bombarded by the monsters of the world: Creepers, Zombies, Spiders and Skeletons. The chase breaks the Orb and Crystal, trapping them in the Overworld, and they are only safe when Steve arrives and the sun rises.
The rest of the movie centers around the quest to retrieve another Orb and Crystal in order for the characters to return home. Malgosha threatens to thwart them at every turn, and with each new obstacle the characters realize the importance of teamwork, courage, creativity, and cooperation in a world both real and fantastical.
With popular actors and actresses like Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, and Jennifer Coolidge in the main cast, the movie has been a box office success, breaking records for video game adaptations. “Lava Chicken” and “Chicken Jockey” have become such big jokes on the internet with audiences cheering and screaming in theaters during those moments. The movie has heart and perfectly balances the serious teaching moments of the film with the hilarious ones. Fun for all ages and full of adventure, The Minecraft Movie is a perfect choice for movie night. Don’t block it till you try it!
