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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0796019797108
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Weinstein Company
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 34745
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Editorial Review:
Description:
(Adventure/Family) A 14-year-old is forced to become a secret agent and embarks on a thrilling adventure. Based on the original novel in the best-selling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz.
Amazon.com:
A James Bond-style action-adventure film for the tween and teen set based on Anthony Horowitz's book 'Stormbreaker,' Alex Rider--Operation Stormbreaker is a fast-paced action film shot in and around London that's bursting with suspense, intrigue, high-tech gadgetry, martial arts moves, and intense chase scenes featuring everything from cars and motorbikes to helicopters, quad bikes, bicycles, and horses. Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) thinks he's just an ordinary 14-year old kid, but when the uncle that raised him (Ewan McGregor) dies, he soon discovers that his uncle led a secret life as an intelligence agent and that he was secretly grooming Alex for a similar future with special intelligence division MI6. Motivated by revenge against his uncle's killers, Alex takes up where his uncle left off in the investigation of computer mogul Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke), delving into his seemingly philanthropic plan to supply a whole new breed of laptops to school children throughout the United Kingdom. Alex's undercover investigation quickly reveals Sayle's true motive and, without any real support or protection from his MI6 supervisors Alan Blunt (Bill Nighy) or Mrs. Jones (Sophie Okonedo) or his quirky housekeeper Jack Starbright (Alicia Silverstone), Alex must somehow prevail against the dangerous Mr. Sayle to safeguard the lives of thousands of innocent people. Comparable to Spy Kids and a step above Agent Cody Banks, Alex Rider--Operation Stormbreaker is an intense, believable film that will captivate viewers ages 10 and older. Bonus features include featurettes focusing on making the book into a film with author and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz, the extensive stunt work performed, the logistics involved in shooting a horse chase through Hyde Park and Piccadilly, visual effects by Baseblack, casting Alex, and the choreography of martial arts master Donnie Yen. --Tami Horiuchi
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - a good movie for kids!
Our grandchildren really enjoyed this video, even though it is not a new one...we purchased it to take to a beach vacation, and a tropical storm kept us indoors for a day, so it was great to have something to entertain them. The action is exciting and the special effects are thrilling. It is refreshing to have a movie with patriotic characters who don't have to use profanity constantly. I would recommend it for 8-14 year olds, but we "old folks" watched it too!
Rating:  - Well...
Nothing like the book. I know this is common, but honestly, a little much here...
Second, one of the only reasons to watch this movie is because "Obi-Wan" is in it!!!
Avoid unless you want kind of nonsensical action with some interesting twists.
Rating: - Action packed, non-stop excitement!
"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 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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Campy fun
When watching this Agent Cody Banks came to mind frequently, though that is not fair to either movie. Of all things Man from U.N.C.L.E. came to mind also, I think because of the interplay between Alex, the reluctant agent, and the head of the agency, played over-the-top by the versatile Bill Nighy--from Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead and Underworld.
Then again, there is Spy Kids. But each movie has a slightly different take on things. I am a 50+ adult and enjoyed this movie more than ... Read More
Rating: - Alex Rider Movie
This movie is great to use in the classroom with the novel Stormbreaker. The movie is a little different than the novel and offers great teaching opportunities.
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