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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

PG

Released Oct 13, 2006

1h 33m

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Adventure

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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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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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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

The movie runs in fits and starts, dragging along as if on life support for the majority of the first act before hitting its stride for a glorious midsection and than losing it again during a hackneyed climax that's as stupid as it is laughable.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 13, 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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Blu B

It's like a British Kim Possible/Agent Cody Banks mixed with all the cliches and tropes of 007. You get this as a result. The editing, cinematography, and pacing aren't good here and everything else is just alright. It jumps around setting up the plot, meeting the boring and wasted opportunity villian, and doesn't give alex hard;y any character. He's such a boring character with no charisma and as plain and vanilla as you can get. The Spy Kids literally have more depth than him. The other thing is too the actual supercomputer virus plot this sets up is so boring. The sets, action scenes, direction is all just super basic. You think this is gonna have a big action piece at the end and instead we get a lame horesback chase and a anticlimatic showdown on a rooftop. The action is such a letdown in this. You get some action at the start but that's it. And that's on top of basically no character setup or interesting supporting cast for Alex. The plot is just again a by the numbers 007 ripoff. You got the gadgets, the over the top moments, the fast cars, the "M" in charge, and the over the top villian. And yet somehow it just gets convuluted to follow honestly at points when Alex is investigating stuff. Skip This and watch Spy Kids 1 or 007 instead.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/02/25

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Kurt S

Great movie! Not sure why so many ratings are so low. Marked it four because it's a bit cheesy, but other than the cheesey acting, I think the casting was well done. It mostly follows the book too. It would be nice if it was a bit closer to the books. Overall, pretty good though.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/27/24

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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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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: Rising Star, Isle of Man Film, 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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