Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue

Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue is a 2010 British computer-animated fantasy adventure film and the fourth feature-length special based on the television series Thomas & Friends. The film was produced and distributed by HIT Entertainment with animation production by Canadian-based Nitrogen Studios.^[3][4][5][6] Thomas travels to "Misty Island" in search of Jobi wood before returning home to prepare for the opening of the Sodor Search & Rescue Centre.

Misty Island Rescue was first released in the United States on 3 July 2010 as a limited theatrical release.^[7] The special was also given a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom.^[8]

A new Sodor Search and Rescue Centre is being built for Harold the Helicopter, Rocky the Crane, and a new lifeboat; Jobi wood from Japan is required to build it. All of the engines want to help deliver the Jobi wood. Salty, the dockyard diesel, tells the other engines about Misty Island off the southern coast of Sodor that is perpetually surrounded by mist. Thomas inadvertently insults Diesel 10 who then attempts to prove himself by taking the Jobi wood. Thomas chases Diesel and the Jobi wood is lost in the sea after Diesel almost falls off an unfinished bridge. Thomas saves Diesel and is rewarded with a visit to the mainland. Thomas is carried on a raft behind the boat, but the chain snaps and Thomas wakes up only to find himself on Misty Island.

Thomas explores the island and soon finds it to be inhabited by logging Locos: a Climax Class C engine named Ferdinand and two small twins, Bash and Dash, who were sent to the island after causing trouble on the mainland. Sir Topham Hatt receives a call telling him Thomas is missing. A search party is sent to find him.

Thomas discovers a logging station and learns that Misty Island is the only place other than Japan that grows Jobi wood. He and the others decide to go back to Sodor with some of the wood using the tunnel that connects Misty Island to Sodor. Halfway through the tunnel, it caves in on both sides. Thomas finds a hole in the ceiling of the tunnel and puffs steam out through it, which is seen by the rest of the engines. Percy and the garbage dump Whiff go into the tunnel. Percy and Whiff charge through the collapse and rescue Thomas and the logging locos. Thomas and the logging locos attend the grand opening of the search and rescue centre. Diesel 10 watches the engines from above, and vows revenge.

• Ben Small as Thomas, Ferdinand and Toby
• Matt Wilkinson as Bash, Victor, Rocky, Cranky, Kevin and the Dock Manager
• Keith Wickham as Captain, Dash, Percy, Whiff, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Harold and Sir Topham Hatt
• Kerry Shale as Diesel
• Teresa Gallagher as Emily
• Togo Igawa as Hiro

• Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
• William Hope as Bash, Whiff, Edward, Rocky, Toby and the Dock Manager
• Kerry Shale as Dash, Henry, Gordon, James, Harold, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt
• Michael Brandon as Diesel
• Glenn Wrage as Ferdinand and Cranky
• Jules de Jongh as Emily
• David Bedella as Victor

• Keith Wickham as Salty and Captain
• Togo Igawa as Hiro
• Matt Wilkinson as Diesel 10 (post-credit scene)

Common Sense Media gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and said of the film, "For fans of Thomas & Friends, this is standard fare and follows the formula that is well established."^[9] On Rotten Tomatoes, Renee Schonfield gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and said the "latest train adventures are suspenseful but not too scary".^[10]

• Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue at IMDb