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Mood:
- HumorousStylizedFeel Good
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Plot:
- Master VillainYoung HeroesGood Versus EvilRescueSave the DayParents and ChildrenSiblings RelationsFamily in Danger more...
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Genres:
- AdventureFamilyIndependentFuturisticActionSci-Fi
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Time/Period:
- 21st CenturyFuture
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Place:
- EuropeLondonIslandOuter Space
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Audience:
- Family OutingKidsTeens
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Based on:
- Based on TV Series
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantasticFast
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Score:
- PopRock
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Look:
- Computer Animated
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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Thunderbirds, 2004
English
UK, France
Profile of Thunderbirds
The mood of Thunderbirds is stylized, humorous, and feel good. The plot centers around a family in danger, a master villain, and saving the day. It is an independent, adventure, and family movie. Stylistically, Thunderbirds is futuristic. In approach, it is fantastical. The pacing is fast. Thunderbirds takes place, at least partly, in outer space and on an island. The setting is London. Visually, it is computer animated. The musical score of Thunderbirds is pop and rock. It is based on a TV series. It is especially suggested for kids, a family outing, and teens. Note that Thunderbirds includes mild violent content.
Summary of Thunderbirds
Based on the cult British television show from the 1960s, THUNDERBIRDS explodes into the 21st Century with this thrilling live-action version of the franchise. Drawing on similar themes and familiar characters, director Jonathan Frakes (STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT) sticks closely to the spirit of the original show while making use of the new technology available to him 40 years after the program first aired to give the film a modern look. The International Rescue organization--a team of highly organized law enforcers--is the focal point for the movie. International Rescue is based on a remote desert island location, and is called into action whenever the world's sinister masterminds threaten to disturb the balance of society. Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton) heads up the team, and employs his sons to help him out. Teenager Alan Tracy (Brady Corbet) is a little too young to join, and is constantly frustrated by his lack of opportunity to join the brothers on their missions. But when the evil villain known as The Hood (Ben Kingsley) traps the International Rescue team in outer space, it seems Alan's time has come. The Hood steals one of the many spacecrafts designed by International Rescue, and executes an outlandish scheme to rob the Bank of England. Alan and his pal Fermat (Soren Fulton) attempt the double-whammy of rescuing the trapped family and stopping The Hood, by drawing on help from the sultry detective Lady Penelope (Sophia Myles), her butler Parker (Ron Cook), and a few gadgets and vehicles courtesy of International Rescue. With comic references to the original show scattered liberally throughout the movie, and a sense of fun and adventure, this is a film that should appeal to both old and new fans of these popular crime-fighting characters.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, France |
| Release date: | 24 July 2004 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
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as The Hood
as Jeff Tracy
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Critics Reviews
USA Today
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- by: Claudia Puig
The New York Times
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- by: Stephen Holden
Users Reviews
- 07.October.2009
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- by: Petri33
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