G-Force Review
Produced by action-meister Jerry_Bruckheimer for Disney, G-Force has all the crazy chases and daredevil stunts of his typical films (National_Treasure, Bad_Boys, etc.), but they've been scaled down to be more kid-friendly. The setup involves a scientist (Zach_Galifianakis), who has spent grant money from the Department of Homeland Security training animals into an elite special-forces unit. The trio of guinea pigs that form the heart of the crew consist of the leader, Darwin (voiced by Sam_Rockwell); the flirty but tough Juarez (Penélope_Cruz); and the fearless, crazy Blaster (a perfectly cast Tracy_Morgan). All three work closely with a tech-whiz mole named Speckles (voiced by Bruckheimer regular Nicolas_Cage). The team must stop a home appliance mogul (Bill_Nighy) from turning his products into a robot army that will take over the world, all while they're being hunted by an FBI agent (Will_Arnett) who wants the G-Force program shut down.
As is often the case with Jerry_Bruckheimer productions, the story is far less important than the spectacle, and while "spectacle" in one of his films usually means lots of explosions and cars flying through the air, G-Force is unique for having cute talking animals -- rather than muscle-bound alpha males -- leaping away in slow-motion from the fireballs. The action sequences aren't particularly memorable, but they're entirely competent and kids will certainly get a kick out of them. There's a paint-by-numbers moral about family that runs through the movie, but it's there more for parents than for anyone else -- children aren't going to expect (or want) to learn anything from a movie where a furry critter rides inside a remote-control car as it jumps over a line of toy trucks. Your ability to enjoy G-Force will correlate directly with how funny you find the idea of guinea pigs as action heroes, meaning the movie's core audience (and a handful of adults) will have a fun time, but it's going to seem awfully standard to parents who are more than familiar with the Bruckheimer formula. Perry Seibert, Rovi
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