Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

j-cherry-630-782328 OK i admit im not a huge fan of the alex rider series but i did admit that stormbreaker could make a good film. so when it came out i decided to check it out, i have consequently lost 1.5hours of my life THAT I CAN NEVER HAVE BACK!! there were so many plot holes it hurt i shall now attempt to list the most obvious. 1 why was the access to MI6 in a public photobooth? surely someone would have noticed the huge flashes of light and that certain people never left it..also Alex Rider is not a member of MI6 so does that mean other random members of the public can just waltz in? 2 Jack starbright's appalling fight with Missi pyle's character = what the hell? it is totally pointless and not even in the book. 3 the character of Alex is a travesty he practically gives his identity away in the first 5 seconds "my uncle was a security guard, he was killed and i'll find out who did it" well duh they just did it to his uncle! he might as well have said ..hi im Alex..my uncles replacement!and the whole bicycle chase scene had me crying with laughter.. 4 Smithers in a toy shop!?...er so the man who makes all the secret gadgets for MI6 works in a toy store..yer i can see that happening..NOT!! 5 what kind of martial arts security guard falls for such a stupid trick like the "bowing scene" im sorry but that really was bad 6 all of the characters were rushed,stereotypical and even the great actors like Mickey Rouke and Bill Nighy were restricted by the appalling director and were turned into cartoons. Alex was wooden,Missi was a joke, Jack was completely out of character and Sabina was not only badly portrayed by some hammy second rate actress but she Wasn't EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE!!! honestly i don't know how antony horrowitz could have stood there and approve of the shambles made of a book,that although i think not that good, had such great potential. the entire film was rushed, according to Mr Horrowitz the reason for this was to get to the end scene...er what for? the hammy horse scene? the lame death of Sayle? the bad parachute scene? the pigeon getting shot? what? what? what was there at the end that we all missed!!?? the end credits maybe? (best part of the film) a waste of characters,waste of good acting potential,waste of money and a waste of time save yourself from this utter waste of space and do not watch!!!!

Jackson Booth-Millard First there was Spy Kids, then there was Agent Cody Banks, and then director Geoffrey Sax (White Noise) brought us this attempt to turn James Bond into a child. Basically orphaned teenager Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is just like any ordinary school boy, but he doesn't know that his uncle Ian (Ewan McGregor) is a secret agent working for the government, and he only finds this out when his uncle is killed in action. Alan Blunt (Bill Nighy) explains to Alex that he was thrust into the super spy world ever since he was a child, for many years he has been unintentionally training to become the next, and he is the only one to carry on the latest mission. Recruited by Blunt and Mrs. Jones (Sophie Okonedo), and armed with a variety of special gadgets by Smithers (Stephen Fry), the assignment is to go undercover in the compound of billionaire Darrius Sayle (Mickey Rourke). Sayle is donating a free Stormbreaker mega-computer to all British schools, and it is up to Alex to try this new system out for himself and make sure there's nothing wrong with it, which of course there is. Alex finds out more secrets going into restricted areas, and he also meets Sayle's sidekicks with vixen publicist Nadia Vole (Missi Pyle) and scar-faced mute servant Mr. Grin (Andy Serkis). The gadgets help the young spy to escape capture, and it a rush against time to get to Sayle before his plan to launch the Stormbreaker weapon in Britain gets underway. In the end, with some help from his housekeeper Jack Starbright (Alicia Silverstone) and his friend Sabina Pleasure (Sarah Bolger), Alex saves Britain, defeats the villain, and goes back to school, but his spying continues. Also starring Damian Lewis as Yassen Gregorovich, Jimmy Carr as John Crawford and Robbie Coltrane as Prime Minister. Rourke is your typical camp Bond style villain, the young hero is okay in his short time, the supporting cast of well known Brits makes for good viewing, and the Bond inspired action and special effects are alright, not a bad family action adventure. Worth watching!

Neil Welch Having not read any of the books, I approached this entirely at face value.The feel of it is very much James Bond from the Roger Moore era - a relatively light hearted spy romp. Add in the training aspect, and the fact that a youngster is the main character, and you have an entertaining action thriller for family audiences.It may not match the books, and if that's important to you going in then it's going to disappoint you. But the main cast is all fine, with Mickey Rourke's comedy helpers making it clear the level on which the film is to be approached.Alex Pettyfer does satisfactorily as Alex, but doesn't set the screen on fire (not that there are many juvenile leads who do). On the whole, this is entertaining but forgettable.

Arlis Fuson A young kids uncle is killed and he finds out his uncle was a secret agent and he is then trained himself to stop a billionaire madman who is going to wipe-out half of the world with a computer virus. Rider poses as a computer nerd and gets inside the lions den and tries to prevent the madness from taking coarse.I really liked this film, I can't imagine why it wasn't a huge success, instead of the flop it became. Here in America it barely surfaced. I think it is very close in comparison to the likes of the Bond films and has a lot of tongue in cheek comedy, great direction, great acting, great effects, gadgets, explosions, fights, and so much to offer, its a million times better than those god-awful Cody banks films with Frankie Muniz. I just don't get why it didn't make it big.Geoffrey Sax did an amazing job as director and I was really impressed with it. I must give credit to Donny Yen for choreographing so many great fight scenes here. Acting wise it was just full of greatness, Ewan McGregor, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Nighy, Robbie Coltrane and Missi Pyle all did so good. The legendary Mickey Rourke was flawless here. Wow, what can I say about Alex Pettyfer, that kid should be a super star, he is amazing, he was around 15 when he got the part in this film, and had very little acting experience, but he really gets it. Great job, much respect to him.If you like action and the spy movies with fights, explosions and all sorts of twists and turns this film would be one to not miss, don't let the hype of its failure or the fact that a kid is the hero stop you from seeing it. 5/10 stars (and thats good for me)