Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker)

Alex Pettyfer, Alicia Silverstone, Andy Serkis

Alex Rider is a 14-year-old orphan who has been unwittingly trained all his life by his uncle with the skills to become a secret agent -- scuba diving, mountaineering, martial arts and so on. When his...( read more  read more... ) guardian, an MI6 agent, is killed, Rider learns the truth and finds himself forced against his will to take on a dangerous mission for the British secret service.

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PG, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Geoffrey Sax

Released: October 13, 2006

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DVD Released: May 22, 2007

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  • June 26, 2009
    I tried to like this movie but it sucked so much. I was suprised by the cast of the movie which i was excited to watch, but all that talent misused and misplaced was just a shame. This kid is way too much of a fuckin snob to be a spy and his arrogance made him fuckin stupid to. T... ...( read more )
  • October 6, 2008
    Nadia Vole: "You are ze first child to experience ze power... ze vorld domination, of ze Stormbreaker. Zis model has already been loaded vis highly developed programs for all aspects of ze school curricular."

    An outwardly ordinary orphaned teenager student Alex Rider who... ...( read more )
  • September 4, 2008
    Torture. I still don't know why I agreed to watch it, peer pressure maybe. Clicheed storyline, awful score, even more awful acting. Predictable, superficial. Every other adjective for "bad" u can think of. Give this money to Werner Herzog. Bye
  • June 18, 2008
    A great movie that followed the book really well. My only issue with it is that they changed the personality of some of the characters and made them comical when they are meant to be serious characters.
  • February 12, 2008
    I didn't like it. It would have been fine if I was 16 and female (sorry for the sexist comment).
  • July 2, 2009
    DISGUSTING
    Yup,this has to be the worst british movie i've seen in my life!
    first of all the story which could have been made into a great spy movie, just turned into a disaster,which i believe could be credited to the filmmakers.the whole movie just turned out to be a cartooni... ...( read more )

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November 6, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim

This mishmash retread fails to find its own identity on any level and should head straight to cable TV where it belongs. full review

October 13, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

A pointless junior version of James Bond minus the budget (and the suaveness). full review

October 12, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Taken for what it is -- 'tweenage escapism -- Stormbreaker is moderately fun. full review

October 12, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Ambitious and enjoyably silly teen thriller. full review

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  • Rosepetal75
    March 17, 2009
    Alex Rider put money thru Photo Enhanced Booth @ Liverpool Street Station to enter MI6 & exit Liverpool Street Concourse in elevator. Alex trained by his Uncle Ian Rider: Scuba Diving, Mountain Climbing, Abasing, Rifle Shooting, Martial Arts, linguist, & White Water Rafting. He trained in Training Camp was sent by Special Operation Division for MI6 is British Secret Service. Alex becoming a member of MI6, a British intelligence agency

    Alex speaks several languages: French, German, & Japanese. He gets spy gadgets from Smithers (Stephen Fry) who works @ Toys Store.

    http://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/alexrider/
    http://www.alexrideradventures.com/characters.html

    Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is available on HBO OnDemand until 4/6/09.
  • StaceyBlackburn
    March 22, 2008
    I Lovee This Movie As Well As The Books...Iv Read All Of Them...Is There Gonna Be Another One After Snakehead?

    Alex Is Absolutely G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!

    Is It True Theres Gonna Be A Point Blanc Movie Out In 2009?

    If It Is Huus Gonna Play Alex?

    Stacey Xxx
  • Cxzzxcv18
    March 22, 2008
    i've read all the books and there r really good!
  • Hellboy45
    December 31, 2007
    I've read all the 6 books but never seen the movie HOW STUPID!!!!!!
  • ncookson1
    December 28, 2007
    are u going to make a film of all the books
  • JgirlJ
    November 6, 2007
    It came out in August. It didn't come out where I lived though. They do have the DVDs though. Go to Blockbusters they have it there (or at least for me). I need to see it so badly, I don't even know why, but I just need to see it...(Yes, I do read the books, i'm on the last one "Ark Angel"...)
  • amycrocks
    October 7, 2007
    i luv u alex u rock and r sooooo cute n sexy
  • Lecavalier4
    August 27, 2007
    WOW this movie is da bomb i have the DVD everyday i watch it even at night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • ATPdynamite
    June 22, 2007
    God, I hate it when people go all moony over cute actors. He's cute, I'll give you that. Girls, wake up! He smokes. He quit school. He's got a flippin tattoo. He's not that great of a person from what I've seen so far. All this stuff tells you he's got some seriously misplaced priorities. Movie's great, but come on. What happens when, not if, when he falls from favor because some cuter guy is acting. He has nothing to fall back on. I suppose he could always become a model for Gap or something, but he's really not that great. Some little kids might look up to him and think, Wow, smoking and being a dropout is cool. Let's completely mess up our lives. And then you've got a bunch of adults that have no idea how to live a decent life because all they care about is looking cool. That's why some unnamed countries will go to pot because of actors/actresses like these. Let's hope next time that they pick a better guy for Point Blanc.
  • fatimafayad00
    June 4, 2007
    YOU ARE THE BEST

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