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07/22/06
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:21
Rotten:43
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is strictly children's fare, as it lacks originality, excitement, and believabiltity.
Theatrical Release:21-07-2006
Synopsis: Based on the New York Times bestsellers by Anthony Horowitz, ALEX RIDER: OPERATION STORMBREAKER brings the young adult adventure series to the big screen. Like an adolescent James Bond, Alex Rider... [More]
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Alex Pettyfer, Mickey Rourke, Bill Nighy
Director: Geoffrey Sax
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07/22/06
Of the dressed-to-thrill cast, only [Alex] Pettyfer disappoints; he just looks and sounds too bland to be a teen hero. But I’ll leave that for the kids to decide.
07/20/06
Top CriticThere's so much potential within, but it's terribly squandered. And that's a real shame.
07/16/06
This whizzy adventure will keep pre-teens enthralled and adults quietly chuckling. But it's just not sophisticated enough.
07/22/06
Geoffrey Sax makes a good fist of the visuals, mustering plenty of bonkers sets, vehicular action and new-fangled gizmos.
07/22/06
Top CriticThe colourful cast have a lot of fun with their slightly cartoonish roles, particularly Bill Nighy and Missi Pyle as Sayle's henchwoman.
07/20/06
[At its best,] Stormbreaker gets the balance right, managing to be both playfully humorous and genuinely exciting.
07/25/06
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05/12/07
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12/30/06
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10/28/06
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09/22/06
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10/14/06
Top CriticIf they'd given this kid an umbrella, you could guarantee it would rain.
10/12/06
Stormbreaker isn't a sour film, but it doesn't have a pulse; limping through extended action beats with cookie-cutter authority and often horrific direction.
10/12/06
Even fantasies need a nod or a wink to assure viewers, 'Yes, it's ludicrous -- but isn't it fun?'
10/13/06
Alex is a junior James Bond, but the movie takes itself too serious to be a fun kids film.
10/14/06
The script comes from Anthony Horowitz, based on the first novel in his Alex Rider spy series. How is it possible to take your own work and make it less interesting?
10/12/06
A shake 'n' bake Brit teen-spy actioner, without a smidgeon of originality, humor or involving characterization, Stormbreaker is a high-profile bust.
08/02/06
Top CriticBoring, empty, anticlimactic, uninspired and bankrupt of humanity.
10/12/06
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