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Tim Allen -- the voice of Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear and the only-on-TV space hero of Galaxy Quest -- puts his best action-hero foot forward in Zoom: Academy for Superheroes. Based on Jason Lethcoe's graphic novel series, the film casts Allen as the less-than-incredible Jack Shepard, a.k.a. Captain Zoom, a bitter former superhero who is called back into action to transform a squad of "misfits, outcasts, and weirdoes" into Team Zenith. The recruits include Cindy, age 6 (Ryan Newman), a petulant princess with Herculean strength; Tucker, 12 (Spencer Breslin), a plus-size boy with expandable body parts; Summer (Kate Mara), 16, an empathetic high schooler with telekinetic skills; and Dylan, 17 (Michael Cassidy), who can make himself invisible. Jack's brother, whose exposure to gamma radiation transformed him into the villainous Concussion, decimated the original Team Zenith. Thought dead, Concussion is headed back to earth from another dimension to wreak havoc. Can Jack be inspired to become the hero he once was and rally the fractious new team to save the day? Viewers closer to Cindy's age will best appreciate Zoom's modest special effects, empowering action, rocking montages (all set to Smash Mouth songs, though there's not an "All-Star" in the bunch), and gross-out gags, such as demonstrations by Team Zenith applicants "gifted" in flatulence and snot production. Chevy Chase, as a bumbling scientist, and Rip Torn, as a hard-nosed general, elevate their scenes, but Courtney Cox is ill served as a maternal psychologist who is required to fall down a lot. Parents will appreciate that, at a mere 83 minutes, this film zooms by. Donald Liebenson

All Movie Guide

When Earth is faced with certain destruction, an over-the-hill superhero is charged with the task of training four super-powered kids to harness their powers and save the planet in an out-of-this-world comedy adventure for the whole family from director Peter Hewitt. Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Courteney Cox, and Chevy Chase star in a film written by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum and based on Jason Lethcoe's comic book Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted. Jason Buchanan

Product Details

• UPC: 043396141506
• Source: SONY PICTURES
• Region Code: 1
• Presentation: Wide Screen
• Sound: Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound
• Language: English, Français, Français
• Subtitles: English
• Time: 1:28:00
• Sales Rank: 16,640

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