Zoom (2006)

Memorable, crazy movie

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Concept has lots of promise, but the story is horrendous.A fun movie... for kids.Adults can't help but feel the pain of Tim Allen in the lead as "Zoom" the Flash wannabe. His acting was OK, it's the concept of his out-of-shape loser style for the story.Pain also comes with a character that instantly balloons a body part. That's a super power?All the other characters were good, well except for Chevy Chase's part. Just lame.With all the superhero movies doing so well now, this could be reboot-worthy. Grab a decent writer and a decent cast, and it would make for a fun family popcorn movie.

Jack Shepard (Tim Allen) is disillusioned bitter former super-speed superhero and sole survivor Captain Zoom of Team Zenith. Dr. Grant (Chevy Chase) exposed the team to Gamma-13 which turned older brother Connor/Concussion to the dark side 30 years ago destroying the team. Now General Larraby (Rip Torn) in Area 52 and Grant bring back Jack with the help of psychologist Marsha Holloway (Courteney Cox) to train a new group of kids. Dylan West (Michael Cassidy) is a teen with invisibility and clairvoyance. Summer Jones (Kate Mara) has telekinetic powers and empathic senses. Tucker Williams (Spencer Breslin) can blow up parts of his body. Little Cindy Collins (Ryan Newman) has super strength.Tim Allen is too bitter and sarcastic. Chevy Chase is silly without being funny. He's just a pathetic shadow of his former self. The adults are the problem of this movie. This needs to be about the kids. The little girl is actually quite funny. The kids need more screen time to develop. This is simply a badly thought out comic book movie.

Don't waste your time watching this.It's corrosive in every aspect - from the absolutely dreadful voice editing which does not in any respect match with the people's mouth movements to the story of nothing.There is no story here. i don't know where it went or if it ever was. What I see is a big commercial for Wendy's Restaurants and hamburgers.Senseless in so many ways. I would not subject my kids to see this. It's horrible and to have them waste their time on this would make me a very bad parent.There is no funny. There is nothing worth watching - and having the dreadful music play every few minutes just makes it even worse.A big budget flop. I'm sick of watching horrible movies when I realize how much money was invested in them.I expect watching horrible movies with next to no money or resources and I can appreciate those...however this mess was just lazy on all aspects.Film is supposed to be fun - and this isn't.

At first, this didn't seem much like a movie to be taken seriously. Of course, the "auditions" were quite funny and disgusting.Tim Allen came across as a grumpier Tim Taylor/Mike Baxter. A great line to illustrate his attitude: "Why is the green dress talking?" I liked the way he resisted trying to be helpful until he finally realized how important it was.I liked Summer and Cindy. Summer looked good and had just enough attitude. Cindy was so cute, complete with a lisp.And Marsha was adorable and gorgeous. Jack thought she looked better without glasses? I thought she looked pretty good with them. But the clumsy routine didn't work so well for me. That's just not how I think of Courteney Cox, and the day before I saw this, there was another pretty but clumsy female scientist who was even less suited to such a role.And Chevy Chase ... can anyone take him seriously? I have this memory of his being associated with quality. "Caddyshack" and "Foul Play" at the very least. What happened to him? But he's still entertaining in his own way.Rip Torn is an actor known for quality, and at least considering the material he seemed to be convincing, but I still have to wonder why this?But the movie changes about halfway through. It is a worthwhile experience, a real comedy/adventure with the emphasis on adventure, and seems like a quality production. Except now Chevy Chase becomes even more of a liability.Then the prom happens, and we're back to square one. The final scenes are pretty amazing, though, especially the visual effects.It's a kids' movie, but that doesn't excuse lack of attention to quality. And it was there, just not all the way through.But I'm about Jack's age, and I enjoyed it enough.