Overall this film has nothing much to offer.
Plot. Simple. Escape. Recapture. Escape. There is limited content here. What details there might have been in the novel are gone.
Characters. Poorly developed in all cases. There is almost no chemistry among the actors. You don't care if any of them are killed off and they don't really seem concerned about the others. The only person I actually liked was the Vet.
Acting. It is just bad. I can't think of anyone in the movie who I would say was even a decent actor. The Vet and her daughter were better actors than the main characters. The young smart kid was cute and if this was a cute kid movie then he'd fit in. Not here.
Effects. Very poor. Typical C grade movie where flying and explosions are superimposed, poorly, over backgrounds.
Settings. Exteriors are either CGI or dull. Interior dull. There are scenes where they are running through the secret labs and corridors are just 2x4 with plastic hung over it. The kind of thing you do when you are filming your home movie in your parents basement and want to hide the washer - dryer.
I thought this was a made-for-TV movie as the pilot for a TV show. I was surprised to find it is the first, and hopefully last, instalment of a tween series supposedly written by James Patterson.
It's on Netflik so there is no cost but watch this only if you've watched almost every other movie already.
The only thing I think it has going for it are the unanswered questions and unresolved ending. Since I have no plans to read the book or watch any sequels then this is not a plus for me.
Plot. Simple. Escape. Recapture. Escape. There is limited content here. What details there might have been in the novel are gone.
Characters. Poorly developed in all cases. There is almost no chemistry among the actors. You don't care if any of them are killed off and they don't really seem concerned about the others. The only person I actually liked was the Vet.
Acting. It is just bad. I can't think of anyone in the movie who I would say was even a decent actor. The Vet and her daughter were better actors than the main characters. The young smart kid was cute and if this was a cute kid movie then he'd fit in. Not here.
Effects. Very poor. Typical C grade movie where flying and explosions are superimposed, poorly, over backgrounds.
Settings. Exteriors are either CGI or dull. Interior dull. There are scenes where they are running through the secret labs and corridors are just 2x4 with plastic hung over it. The kind of thing you do when you are filming your home movie in your parents basement and want to hide the washer - dryer.
I thought this was a made-for-TV movie as the pilot for a TV show. I was surprised to find it is the first, and hopefully last, instalment of a tween series supposedly written by James Patterson.
It's on Netflik so there is no cost but watch this only if you've watched almost every other movie already.
The only thing I think it has going for it are the unanswered questions and unresolved ending. Since I have no plans to read the book or watch any sequels then this is not a plus for me.