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| Alex Rider - Operation Stormbreaker (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Geoffrey Sax
Actors: Sarah Bolger, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Ewan Mcgregor
Studio: Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 8625
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 93
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6
MPN: 79710
UPC: 796019797092
EAN: 0796019797092
ASIN: B000JBWWPQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: May 22, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: previous rental. slight scratches on playing surface. plays fine. "blockbuster exclusive". no apo/fpo.
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Product Description
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 (Alex Pettyfer) has been trained since birth for a career as a spy. The only problem is he doesn't know it. It's not until his beloved uncle Ian Rider (Ewan McGregor) dies that Alex learns of his intended purpose in life. At just 14 Alex is not sure he can do all that is required of a super spy but without much choice he is taken under the wing of Britain's secret intelligence service. Calling itself M16 the Special Operations Division sends Alex on a mission which could save or cost millions their lives. As Alex embarks on his greatest challenge yet he learns all is not what it seems with the lines blurring between his obvious enemies and those who are supposedly on his side. But equipped with super spy training Alex is prepared to deal with whatever comes his way whether it's in the form of deadly computer technology or in Stormbreaker creator Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke).Packed with charming performances by actors including Ewan McGregor Stephen Fry Mickey Rourke Bill Nighy and Alicia Silverstone ALEX RIDER delivers something for kids and adults alike. Containing just enough sinister elements the playful film brings the book series to life with nonstop action a clever storyline and teenage-oriented spy tools like a powerful acid in the form of zit cream.System Requirements:Running Time: 93 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG UPC: 796019797108 Manufacturer No: 79710
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A James Bond-style action-adventure film for the tween and teen set based on Anthony Horowitz's book "Stormbreaker," Alex Rider--Operation Stormbreaker is a fast-paced action film shot in and around London that's bursting with suspense, intrigue, high-tech gadgetry, martial arts moves, and intense chase scenes featuring everything from cars and motorbikes to helicopters, quad bikes, bicycles, and horses. Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) thinks he's just an ordinary 14-year old kid, but when the uncle that raised him (Ewan McGregor) dies, he soon discovers that his uncle led a secret life as an intelligence agent and that he was secretly grooming Alex for a similar future with special intelligence division MI6. Motivated by revenge against his uncle's killers, Alex takes up where his uncle left off in the investigation of computer mogul Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke), delving into his seemingly philanthropic plan to supply a whole new breed of laptops to school children throughout the United Kingdom. Alex's undercover investigation quickly reveals Sayle's true motive and, without any real support or protection from his MI6 supervisors Alan Blunt (Bill Nighy) or Mrs. Jones (Sophie Okonedo) or his quirky housekeeper Jack Starbright (Alicia Silverstone), Alex must somehow prevail against the dangerous Mr. Sayle to safeguard the lives of thousands of innocent people. Comparable to Spy Kids and a step above Agent Cody Banks, Alex Rider--Operation Stormbreaker is an intense, believable film that will captivate viewers ages 10 and older. Bonus features include featurettes focusing on making the book into a film with author and screenwriter Anthony Horowitz, the extensive stunt work performed, the logistics involved in shooting a horse chase through Hyde Park and Piccadilly, visual effects by Baseblack, casting Alex, and the choreography of martial arts master Donnie Yen. --Tami Horiuchi
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 "Spy Kids" merges with James Bond November 29, 2006
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
Look out 007! There's a new secret agent in town, and he's going to knock the socks off the girls who used to swoon over you (at least the teenaged ones.) In this action-packed teen adventure, unwilling secret agent Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) signs up with MI6 to spy on an eccentric eye-shadow wearing billionaire (Mickey Rourke) whose generous offer to equip all the schools in the UK with super-computers seems much too good to be true.
Alex has unknowingly been groomed to be an agent by his uncle (Ewan McGregor) and after all, there's no one better for the job than the man who was Obi Wan Kenobi. Soon, Alex is sent off to boot camp, prepped for his first mission and outfitted with an arsenal of cool gadgets and gizmos (but no real weaponry).
The stellar cast makes this movie seem a lot better than the plot indicates, with appearances by Bill Nighy as Alan Blunt of MI6; Sophie Okonedo as the Special Operations Division operative with the Bond-like name of Tulip Jones; Stephen Fry as the Q-like Smithers; Andy "Gollum" Serkis as Mr. Grin; and also Alicia Silverstone, Robbie Coltrane, Missi Pyle and Damien Lewis.
More gruesome than Spy Kids (people die in this movie, albeit off screen) and less risque than Bond (no hanky-panky), this movie is great for teenaged audiences out for light entertainment and a little adventure.
Amanda Richards, November 28, 2006
Solid Teen Bond Entry June 19, 2006
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Just when you thought the Bond genre had finally choked on its own self-awareness - assisted knowingly by Austin Powers, Johnny English and so forth - enter Geoffrey Sax and his film adaptation of Anthony Horowitz' Alex Rider character. I'm not sure Stormbreaker does enough by itself to save the day, but it lays a solid foundation for the inevitable sequels to build on, so we may not have heard the last of Alex Rider just yet.
Rider is a mature-looking (shades of "I say, George! You're remarkably well developed for a fourteen year-old!) but in truth somewhat dull and simpering teenager and so has no interest in Honey Rider, Allotta Fagyna and their ilk (Alicia Silverstone who, ten years ago, might have aspired to play this role, makes do as a big-sisterish au pair), but does quite quickly transform from sulky schoolboy ingenue (avec "issues") to lean mean butt-kicking machine (still avec "issues"), no sooner has evergreen comedy buzzard, Bill Nighy, arrived on the scene to flap eyebrows and tell him how. Perhaps in homage to Roger Moore, eyebrow flapping passes for comic (and/or dramatic) expression for a number of the lead characters in this film.
It's all pretty routine stuff, pretty well executed on the whole, with nice (but not overdone) use of CGI from time to time. By and large it zings along and importantly never takes itself too seriously: most of the support characters get plenty of comic opportunities (Nighy and Mickey Rourke milking theirs for all they're worth), but Alex Pettyfer as Rider himself gets none - there's none of the cheeky wisecracking hero here, which a lost opportunity to establish a natural successor to Bond.
A couple of irritants: no doubt for the American market, the word "heck" is used liberally in place other expletives, which just sounded silly, but more to the point hypocritical given that the characters in question were happy to punch, kick, knife and machine-gun each other without a second thought, but all pruriently refrained from using the word "hell".
Lastly, there are a couple of unnecessary extra characters, and the final exchange between arch (but not particularly well established) villain Yassen Gregorovich and hero Rider defies all credible explanation, save as a means of wrapping up the film and laying the groundwork for the first sequel.
Interesting first instalment.
Olly Buxton
acting nowadays September 14, 2006
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
Unlike Harry Potter, a fourteen year old character acts supposedly in modern Britain of which capital panoramic views inclusion in a spy-sci-fi movie is a highly appreciated untraditional clever producer's idea de facto not omitting accustomed levels of eavesdropping, camera-watching and simply spying-related traditional issues locally.
Sixteen year old himself, Alex Pettyfer demonstrates natural performing well nurtured by parents-celebrities eventually.
Some dialogues and scenes among which female taking photo in a compromising position from under a gigantic octopus make a more mature viewer unsure whether it is OK for even talented handsome 16 y.o. teen both participate in, create and factually advertise particular sort of ambiguity among kids and under-aged particularly.
Among final scenes a dead uncle's advice on continuing the schooling dispersed no viewer's confusion at all.
Can't understand why the movie isn't being distributed nationally instead of limited October 28, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the first movie made from one of Anthony Horowitz's exciting Alex Rider books about a reluctant teen spy for England's secretive MI6 agency. The movie makes the bad guys (and certainly gals, too) seem a bit comical by American standards, but the book has them much more threatening and smart. Still, my 10-year-old son adores the series AND this movie. We'll buy the DVD as soon as it's out, which I understand is supposedly slated for Dec 19. It's too bad more American kids don't know the series because it is very exciting, and the audio book reader is excellent as well. Note that there is plenty of violence in the book, but it is substantually toned down in the movie (remarkable!).
 Could it get worse? December 23, 2006
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
This was possibly the stupidest movie I have ever seen. It was nothing like the book. In an attempt to keep a PG rating, all the excitement, action and violence was washed out, leaving something more like a comedy than an action movie. If you've read Stormbreaker, I beg you not to see this movie. If you've already seen the movie, I beg you to read the book instead.
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