Alex Daniels, Ashlee Levitch, Brian Simpson

A diminuitive, 12-year-old boy named Spencer (Joseph Mazzello of Jurassic Park and The River Wild) has been hit with every whammy possible: he's new in town, he's motherless, his preoccu...( read more  read more... )pied father and bored sister have no time for him, he's speechless each time he's near a girl he likes, and the school bully would like to dance on his head. Blessed are beleaguered boys in movies, however, for sometimes high adventure awaits. In Spencer's case, things get better when he finds a seven-foot-tall, alien robot suit that becomes one with whoever climbs inside it. Locked inside the metallic visitor, our little hero is capable of super feats and naturally goes after his tormentor. He also inadvertently leaves a lot of wreckage in his path from unfamiliarity with the suit's size and controls. This family film's message, of course, is that nothing can really make one stronger than learning to face problems within one's own skin. Then again, most people don't end up having to fend off hostile extraterrestrials who come to Earth to steal the suit for their own nefarious purposes. Written and directed by Manny Coto, this charming story relies a bit on some clever, well-executed special effects (the look of the robot's face as seen from inside itself is particularly ingenious), but it is largely driven by its actors' abilities. --Tom Keogh

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PG, 110 min.

Directed by: Manny Coto

Release Date: June 1, 1997

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DVD Release Date: May 26, 1998

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  • October 11, 2007
    hah...
  • July 9, 2007
    I remember when this movie came out I avoided it like the plague. Stupid title, ugly poster and directed by Manny "Dr. Giggles" Coto. Ugh! Man, was I wrong! This is actually a surprisingly great family film with some really good-looking FX. I'll definatly see this one again.
  • October 17, 2006
    entertaining
  • November 6, 2009
    you know if i lived the rest of my life without flixster reminding me of StarKid, it would have been fine. so theres my answer to this movie
  • March 31, 2009
    a lonley boy who gets the suit of some aliens made and its high techonology and it talks to him and he wears it and fight with it the ones who wants to get it
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.
  • December 22, 2008
    this is an ok film...i have not seen this film in ages...its was ok i guess but i dont really remember that much of this film...this was an ok film the special effects were pretty good in this film....the acting was ok i suppose its ok i guess for a kids film...
  • November 1, 2008
    A shy seventh grade Spencer Griffith (Joseph Mazzello) finds a "Cybersuit" (Arthur Burghardt) - an exo-suit from another galaxy in junkyard. Spencer decides to try the suit to become different person attacked by a Brood Warrior. Spencer abandons Cy (the Cybersuit) to leave becaus...( read more)e he's afraid. Cy has been captured by the Brood Warrior is defeated. Cy's creators show up to repair him. Spencer has confindence approaches a girl named Michelle Eberhardt (Lauren Eckstrom) he likes to talk to her that she likes Midnight Warrior comic book.
  • October 21, 2008
    it's like a mixture of star wars, ender's game, and gremlins. It is so cheesy that it doesn't even deserve to be called a knock-off
  • August 1, 2008
    BLITHER BLITHER BLITHER!

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