Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

PG

Released Oct 13, 2006

1h 33m

Action

Adventure

List

35%

Tomatometer

66 Reviews

53%

Audience Score

50,000+ Ratings

Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is a British teenager, whom MI6 recruits into its ranks, for his skills as a linguist, scuba diver, sharpshooter and martial artist are perfect for a career in espionage; his first assignment is to investigate billionaire Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke), who may have a nefarious motive for his recent donation of megacomputers to all of England's schools.

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Critics Consensus

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is strictly children's fare, as it lacks originality, excitement, and believabiltity.

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Nobody wants to see a violent James Bond send-up, with a British teen risking life and limb for Jolly Olde England, matched against a toothpick chomping 'computer genius' villain played by Mickey Rourke.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 10, 2006

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

I forgot most of it about 20 seconds after it was over.

Oct 17, 2006

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Nancy Churnin

Dallas Morning News

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.

Rated: C

Oct 14, 2006

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Director Geoffrey Sax, fresh from the intriguing work, White Noise, seems to stay in step with Horowitz' vision, although there are several scenes that seemed over-done in the ham department.

Nov 6, 2019

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Jane Boursaw

Common Sense Media

Teen spy hero makes leap from book to screen.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 1, 2011

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

What doesn't quite work are the more overtly jokey bits.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 12, 2009

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Drew H

Amazing movie must watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/12/23

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Simon S

Excellent action scenes, witty dialogues, good entertainment. Pity that the film failed in theatre.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/02/23

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Audience Member

A guilty pleasure film of mine don't know why I enjoy it the directing isn't great and I don't particularly like many of the actors but I watch it once a year at least

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Rappids J

Entertaining garbage. Stephen Fry and Ewan Mcgregor were good though.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/27/22

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Audience Member

A worthy adaptation of the (brilliant) book while sometimes lacking originality and emotion ultimately it does the Alex rider name justice

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Stuck deciding whether to be either a darker-than-average family-oriented spy film - a surprisingly popular subgenre in the early 2000's - or just lighthearted counterprogramming for kids too young to see either Casino Royale or Mission Impossible III, Stormbreaker is an adaptation that didn't work. The acting's good, there's some decent action and camera angles and I never felt like the adaptation was half-assed, something that's probably helped by having the author of the books penning the screenplay. But the goofy moments, bizarre editing choices (Alicia Silverstone vs. Missi Pyle comes to mind), groan-worthy Nintendo DS product placement, never committing to the darker aspects of MI6 recruiting a teen soldier (the books, which I've never read, apparently explore the psychological aspects of this, not unlike Neon Genesis Evangelion), Ewan McGregor being wasted as just a cameo that doesn't make much of an impression to count as a one-scene wonder and implausible plot make it hard to see whether it wants to grow with the audience like Harry Potter was doing at the time or try to keep the dying Spy Kids-era niche audience that was moving on. It had its moments but it's easy to see why Alex Rider's first movie remained his only big-screen adventure.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Alex Rider

Ewan McGregor

Ian Rider

Mickey Rourke

Darrius Sayle

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Alan Blunt

Sophie Okonedo

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Synopsis

Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is a British teenager, whom MI6 recruits into its ranks, for his skills as a linguist, scuba diver, sharpshooter and martial artist are perfect for a career in espionage; his first assignment is to investigate billionaire Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke), who may have a nefarious motive for his recent donation of megacomputers to all of England's schools.

Director: Geoffrey Sax
Screenwriter: Anthony Horowitz
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Isle of Man Film, Rising Star, Weinstein Company
Rating: PG (Some Peril|Sequences of Action Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 13, 2006, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $652.5K
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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