If they'd given this kid an umbrella, you could guarantee it would rain.
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10/12/06
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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:Oct 13, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $583,775
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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Reviews for Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
Top CriticThe 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
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05/12/07
Bond-for-kids done with some obvious budget restrictions...
10/13/06
[At its best,] Stormbreaker gets the balance right, managing to be both playfully humorous and genuinely exciting.
07/25/06
Geoffrey Sax's filmmaking holds few surprises -- Whiz! Bang! Boom! Ha ha ha! -- but it's swift and competent.
10/13/06
Top CriticStormbreaker plays with, well, not complete authenticity, but more-than-expected authenticity.
10/15/06
It's better than some James Bond movies -- no matter what your age.
10/12/06
Top CriticIt hasn't a shred of originality.
10/12/06
Stormbreaker jarringly shifts back-and-forth from real-world believability to Bond-esque suspense-of-disbelief to Boris-and-Natasha goofiness.
10/17/06
Jamais parece reconhecer a pouca idade de seu herói, que age como adulto (e como espião experiente) na maior parte do tempo, o que, além de tornar tudo implausível, ainda resulta num filme aborrecidamente convencional.
01/18/07
Most of the problems with Stormbreaker all boil down to believability.
09/20/06
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07/22/06
Yes, we've got brand new blond junior and grown-up Bonds this season, but the toughest task for Baby Bond could be finding an audience.
10/14/06
Top CriticIf there was ever a case to be made against doing a young James Bond film series, 'Stormbreaker' will serve as a key piece of evidence in that argument
10/10/06
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10/28/06
Boring, empty, anticlimactic, uninspired and bankrupt of humanity.
10/12/06
An instantly forgettable confection that'll bore more kids than it entertains.
12/21/06
Director Sax is unable to generate much tension in the action scenes, even rendering a nice bit of Donnie Yen martial arts choreography incomprehensible.
10/13/06
I forgot most of it about 20 seconds after it was over.
10/17/06
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September 18, 2006:
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