Unlike many movies aimed at this demographic, Stormbreaker gives young audiences credit for taste and wit.
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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
There's a lot of chasing around and some cool stunts, but it has a flat, draggy feel to it, some creepy moments of oddly insensitive interactions, and no sense of genuine enthusiasm or adventure.
10/12/06
Ambitious and enjoyably silly teen thriller.
10/12/06
If they'd given this kid an umbrella, you could guarantee it would rain.
10/12/06
Top CriticThough the film is not terribly original ... the action scenes are diverting, the veteran cast is amusing and the engaging Pettyfer makes a solid debut.
10/12/06
It hasn't a shred of originality.
10/12/06
Who knew that the world was clamoring for another spy kid movie at this very moment? If we have to have one, it should be as cheeky and nonsensical as Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker.
10/12/06
Top CriticBoring, empty, anticlimactic, uninspired and bankrupt of humanity.
10/12/06
It's ostensibly an action movie, and the action is so poorly shot as to be embarrassing.
10/12/06
It's better than some James Bond movies -- no matter what your age.
10/12/06
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
Top CriticAlex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is Agent Cody Banks played British and kinda straight -- that is, as straight as you can when your villain is played by a toothpick-chomping Mickey Rourke in purple eye shadow.
10/11/06
Bland and formulaic, a kind of British Cody Banks without that movie's gaudily over-the-top elements and largely minus its humor.
10/11/06
If 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
With all the charm of the early James Bond movies and all the heart-stopping chase scenes of the contemporary spy series ... Alex Rider heaves into view as a reluctant, but thrilling young spy.
10/06/06
The movie lacks tension.
10/06/06
This is as serious as a heart attack with a Snidely Whiplash/Wile E. Coyote plotline, which is why this fails.
10/06/06
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09/22/06
Most of the problems with Stormbreaker all boil down to believability.
09/20/06
Sporting all the elements of a pre and early teens action adventure for the modern age (Biggles on steroids?), Stormbreaker uses Hollywood style filmmaking with British eccentricity to fun effect.
09/02/06
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