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Director: Peter Hewitt
Synopsis
Tim Allen plays Jack, formerly known as Captain Zoom, the fastest runner on the planet. Jack lost his powers and retired after a failed top secret government experiment. He is coaxed out of retirement to coach a motley bunch of kids who aspire to be superheroes and defend the country against the villainous force that robbed Jack of his super-strength 30 years before.
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A toxic byproduct of Hollywood’s comic-book renaissance and an obvious cash-in on the latest film fads, this fizzled action flick lacks the wit, style and substance of so many better efforts (namely ‘Sky High’ and the ‘X-Men’ series, to which this feeble diversion owes much). After 30 years of self-imposed exile, jaded superhero Captain Zoom (Tim Allen) gets a visit from government scientists Courteney Cox and Chevy Chase, who convince him to join them in training a whole new group of minors with mutant powers – among them telekinesis, invisibility, super-strength and (oddly enough) inflatability. Unknown to Zoom, though, his twin brother Concussion (Kevin Zegers), banished after a bungled military experiment turned him evil, has found a way to return to earth and wreak havoc, and the newly revived training ground is actually the government’s covert way of preparing for the inevitable hero-villain apocalypse. The strictly B-list cast join Allen in sleepwalking through this lazy comic adventure, which foregoes clever plot twists and character development for pratfalls and fart jokes set to the gratingly peppy strains of rock band Smash Mouth.Author: Stephen Garrett
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin, Kevin Zegers, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy, Ryan Newman, Rip Torn full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Children's, Science Fiction
Rated: PG
Duration: 83 mins
UK Release: Dec 22 2006
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