I like the idea behind the movie Zoom. Zoom (Tim Allen) is a has been superhero who finds himself forcefully recruited into the organization he left many years ago. A group of young new heroes has also been recruited and it is Zooms responsibility along with Dr. Halloway (Courtney Cox) to prepare them to face an impending evil. After a reminder of the deaths of his own team Zoom bonds with the kids in time to save them from a forced experiment by the military man in charge (Rip Torn)to kick start their powers into high gear. Eventually the kids and Zoom are forced to face off against Zooms brother who was turned evil by the same experiment the military wishes to use on the kids.
This film has a lot of great elements. The kids are well written and actors did a good job. The idea that the greatest evil is created by a so called good guy experiment is a great idea. The story in essence is a great one as well. The big problem however is that most of this film was done poorly and included useless scenes that added nothing to the film.
Instead of focusing on showing us essential plot movement and important character development we get many cheap jokes along with poor romance. So many supposedly funny moments were forced and came from no where. It was sad to see so much of this especially when there were great moments that had a natural flow from the story.
I really wish the film had fallen into the hands of a different director and screen writer, we could have gotten a much better film.
This film has a lot of great elements. The kids are well written and actors did a good job. The idea that the greatest evil is created by a so called good guy experiment is a great idea. The story in essence is a great one as well. The big problem however is that most of this film was done poorly and included useless scenes that added nothing to the film.
Instead of focusing on showing us essential plot movement and important character development we get many cheap jokes along with poor romance. So many supposedly funny moments were forced and came from no where. It was sad to see so much of this especially when there were great moments that had a natural flow from the story.
I really wish the film had fallen into the hands of a different director and screen writer, we could have gotten a much better film.