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Aaron Abrams, Chevy Chase, Courteney Cox, Kate Mara, Kevin Zegers

An unpopular high school girl is whisked away by her mysterious father to a school for superheroes where she discovers her talents.

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  • phubbs1
    April 5, 2009
    phubbs1
    OK there's not much to say here...this is yet ANOTHER super hero comic book adventure which X-Men kicked off way back. Im getting sick of them simply because they are all the same, especially the ones aimed at kids giving nothing new to the genre.
    This is usual story line ,usual ...( read more)kiddie cliches, unfunny aging actors, useless kiddie actors, cheesey cgi and crap super hero ideas all round...think spy kids.

    Joins the ranks of....Sky High, and Incredibles (yep..didn't like that either) in fact its almost the same as sky high haha
    This genre has been drained of all originality and basic concepts, lets put super hero's to rest please, for gods sake no more.
    All these spoof super hero films is are a rip off from an old mid eighties comic classic, which still goes strong in the US, by the name of The Tick, Mystery Men took the original idea from the tick and from there it has exploded.
  • mrpopcorn
    October 6, 2008
    mrpopcorn
    "They're going to save the world . . . as long as they're home for dinner"

    Former superhero Jack Shepard, (also known as Captain Zoom), is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into a new generation of superheroes at a privacy Academy and save ...( read more)the world from certain destruction. The project holds an audition of would-be members, most of whom possess useless or disgusting powers. In the end, Dylan, a 17-year-old boy who can turn invisible Summer, a 16-year-old girl with telekinetic powers Tucker, a 12-year-old boy with the power to enlarge any part of his body Cindy, a 6-year-old girl with super strength.

    "Zoom" is a kids' superhero flick based on the novel "Zoom's Academy" written by Jason Lethcoe. In it, Tim Allen stars as a has-been superhero who's tasked to train four young superheroes to battle a nemesis. With that, you pretty much know what to expect. Unfortunately, that's all. While the film has all what comprises a prototype of this milked-dry genre, the experience is overtly familiar and dull.

    Jack Shephard (Allen... nope, not Matthew Fox) was Captain Zoom, a superhero who can travel at superhuman speeds, and one of the members of the military-sponsored superhero group "Team Zenith." But he has since lost his powers after a military experiment has gone awry that also has his teammates killed. 30 years later Jack is brought back to train four youngsters with superpowers when a new malevolent threat from the past emerges.

    First of all, the script of Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum doesn't attain new heights with their blunt dealing of a theme that's been done more excellently with "The Incredibles" and "Sky High." And director Peter Hewitt ("Garfield"), who clearly isn't exactly a master storyteller himself, has little to work from with such a dull and hollow material. All of the characters are perfunctory parts rather than humans portraying genuine conflicts.

    Also, for a film that's called "Zoom," the film drags: it lacks a sufficient amount of action. We're supposed to see the kids train, but all we're mostly shown are unfunny attempts at slapstick humor that the filmmakers assume would elicit laughters from the little tots among the audience (uhm, Courteney Cox tripping down and Chevy Chase getting slime on his face, anyone?). What constitutes for training involve at the most paint balls and a drive-thru chaos at a Wendy's restaurant. Yes, there's the climactic fight sequence at the end but it's too quick, unexciting, and not enough by a mile for a film that has terribly dragged along.

    Ultimately, what transpires is a terribly unfunny movie that wears out its welcome faster than its main character runs.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    May 22, 2008
    YosemiteSamFan
    Too much time is devoted to training these superhero kids and not enough battles in the real world. Their powers were odd-ball. The jokes about their costumes and names were good. I laughed at their cheap-O robot Mr. Pibb and the flying saucer drive-through visit. Chevy Chase mad...( read more)e a fun gadget scientist. Decent premise with Tim Allen as a loser superhero, but more actual battles needed to be written into the story.
  • StaisilD
    October 4, 2007
    StaisilD
    From the boom mic in the shots, to the five minute fight scene at the end, to the terrible acting by the team as a whole, to the total lack of understanding behind the conflict with Chevy Chase and Rip Torn and the team, to Tim Allen's lack of understood emotion, to Courtney Cox'...( read more)s most painful character to date - the movie was just plain awful.
  • Showrogan
    September 16, 2007
    Showrogan
    It wasn't bad...I mostly loved Tim's zingers...man did I laugh...
  • SirGenius
    November 13, 2009
    SirGenius
    So she was the main character?
  • somebody421
    November 10, 2009
    somebody421
    Unfortunately, not even Tim Allen can save this superhero comedy from its flat characters, dry plot and humorless jokes.
  • seblepage86
    October 27, 2009
    seblepage86
    It looks absolutelyterrible.
  • penelopecat
    October 12, 2009
    penelopecat
    Good for the kids, especially, but I thought it was pretty good myself.
  • christka19
    September 3, 2009
    christka19
    u can pick up a car and ur six how is that normal lol i love this movie
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