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D- |
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| Story: |
F |
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| Acting: |
C- |
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| Direction: |
D+ |
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| Visuals: |
C+ |
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Teaching kids how to rob high-security areas!
by Tash (movies profile)
Jun 28, 2006
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Upon coming out of the theater for this movie, I felt as if I had gone to Hell and back, and not even gotten a complementary T-shirt.
The movie starts out as a cute little thing telling some vague childish background story. It seems charming, (keep in mind that it is a children's movie) and I feel as if maybe, just maybe, the critics were wrong.
And then it goes downhill.
The characters all have the agonizing feel of cliche', from the "Somewhat nerdy hacker" to the "Loving but not understanding mother". The only somewhat 'new' character type is the girl "climber". But if you look past that single word, you find that she, too falls into overused patterns.
Then you get to the plot. Okay, keeping in mind that the plots of children's movies are generally nonexistant, I must say that this one is the worst attempts at a storyline ever. Now, I usually love B-movies if just to laugh at them. People, this movie only has one MST-worthy quality in it: LACK OF CONTINUITY. Is she swinging from the fourth bar? The first? The twelfth? Is she over the safe? Is she back at the second bar? THE HUMANITY!
The actual "plot" itself is absolutely horrendous. Upon seeing the commercial, I assumed it was a somewhat more mature Spy-Kids clone. It is, almost. You have the kids sneaking into the high-tech bank, and they have some gadgets. Thankfully, the gadgets are not the impossible trinkets of Spy Kids. Unfortunately, Spy Kids has a much better plot by far. And that, people, is SAD. Do we want our kids to grow up learning that stealing money is good? I know that they have a good reason-- the dad's surgery-- but they didn't get any kind of retribution! They didn't even get GROUNDED! I dunno about any of you, but if my mom found that I'd stolen so much as a pack of Starburst to feed a starving person, I'd get in trouble.
Basically, if you have seen this movie I pity you. If you have not seen this movie, save your eyes the trauma. Go watch the Matrix: Reloaded dance scene. |
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