Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Robbie Coltrane, Sarah Bolger, Stephen FryBrand: Genius Products
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional
Studio: Weinstein Company
Movie Reviews of Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Action packed, non-stop excitement!
Summary: 5 Stars
"ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER" is of course not realistic at all, but it does not need to be. We can almost believe that the story is real, because the director, producers, writer (Anthony Horowitz, who also wrote the novel the film is based on), and actors/actresses do their best to make us believe. Rather than going in the tongue in cheek direction, like the earlier "AGENT CODY BANKS", they adapt a much more serious mindset and pessimistic outlook. Instead of the lead being a smart aleck, he is a very mature teenager well beyond his years, and is very well acted by Pettyfer. His character is not at all slick and perfect, but unsure of himself, and he makes mistakes. He does not own a cool sports car, is not 18, (which, according to Horowitz, were the requirements the American producers wanted for the film) but does have a girlfriend (of sorts). In short, these attributes and qualities make "STORMBREAKER" the much better movie. However, I do enjoy the "AGENT CODY BANKS" films, but they require the viewer to suspend their disbelief on a much higher level. The main plot is that Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is a normal British schoolboy whose parents died when he was very young, and now lives with his uncle Ian Rider (Ewan McGregor) and eccentric American housekeeper Jack Starbright (Alicia Silverstone). Ian supposedly has a very boring job, for a bank, which keeps him away from home alot of the time. But he is eventually killed, and his co-workers cover up the cause of death at the funeral as not wearing a seatbelt. Alex investigates, however, and is forced to participate in an action sequence (expertly created by Martial Arts Master Donnie Yen) with a junkyard crew. He finds out that his uncle did not work for a bank, but actually was a special agent for M16, and was assassinated by Yassen Gregorovich (Damian Lewis) while on his way home with vital information from a mission. Alex is recruited by the director of M16, Alan Blunt (Bill Nighy) and his assistant Tulip Jones (Sophie Okonedo) to find out what Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke) along with his assistants Mr. Grin (Andy Serkis) and Nadia Vole (Missi Pyle) really intend by giving one of his company's own supercomputers to every school in the country. The cast is excellent, from the new star that has been found in Pettyfer, all the way to the veteran actor in Stephen Fry as Smithers. The action is fast and unforgiving, especially in the junkyard scene. The stunts are great, such as at the Rider house with Jack and Nadia. A movie not to be missed, and I also recommend that you read the excellent Alex Rider books.
SPECIAL FEATURES
From Page to Screen
The Stunts
The Horse Chase
Creating the VFX for Sayle Tower
Casting Alex
Martial Arts Master Donnie Yen
Theatrical Trailer
Also Recommended: STAR WARS: EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999), SPY KIDS (2001), SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS (2002), AGENT CODY BANKS (2003), AGENT CODY BANKS 2: DESTINATION LONDON (2004)
THIS REVIEW IS DEDICATED TO ANYONE, LIVING OR DEAD, INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OF "ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER".
Summary of Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (Widescreen Edition)
You're never too young todare.ProductInformation
In Alex Rider - Operation Stormbreaker, you'll enter the world of AlexRider, an ordinary teenager trained to be the ultimate spy. When hisuncle (Ewan McGregor) mysteriously disappears, Alex is recruited toinvestigate a billionaire (Mickey Rourke) plotting to control theworld's computers. Within days, he's gone from schoolboy tosuper spy - but is Alex ready to save the world? Based on thebest-selling novel by Anthony Horowitz, Alex Rider - OperationStormbreaker is loaded with an all-star cast, cool gadgets, sinistervillains, and amazing stunts. Get ready for the ultimateadventure!
Product Features
- From Page to Screen
- The Stunts
- The Horse Chase
- Creating the VFX for Sayle Tower
- Casting Alex
- Martial Arts Master Donnie Yen
- Theatrical Trailer
Specifications
- Stars: Ewan McGregor, AlexPettyfer, Alicia Silverstone
- Format: Color, DVD-Video,Standard
- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: PG
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Directed By: Geoffrey Sax
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