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Synopsis: Former superhero Jack Shepard, (also known as Captain Zoom), is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into a new generation of superheroes at a privacy Academy and save the world from certain destruction. The project holds an audition of would-be members, most of whom possess useless or disgusting powers. In the end, Dylan, a 17-year-old boy who can turn invisible Summer, a 16-year-old girl with telekinetic powers Tucker, a 12-year-old boy with the power to enlarge any part of his body Cindy, a 6-year-old girl with super strength.
Director(s): Peter Hewitt
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.3
Metacritic:
26
Rotten Tomatoes:
3%
PG
Year:
2006
83 min
$11,600,000
Website
1,647 Views


Oh, great. Another Code Dylan.

He must Iike that isolation room.

We'll have to proceed without Mr. West.

The objective is to get the kids

to 70% combat capacity.

I'm going to start them off easily,

about 10%. What do you think? 10%?

Yeah, yeah. That sounds great.

Dick, 10.

Children, your goal is to stop the simulator

by pressing that red button in the center.

How hard can that be?

I don't know.

Are you working on attraction or repulsion?

Watch.

Ready?

That would be attraction.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't...

Meanie.

Oh, no.

-Watch out.

-Look out.

I'm getting...

I want a name.

Ten more, that's your name.

Get me a name.

Hey. How about nine more?

There's your name.

Excuse me, Dr. Grant.

Sorry, Dr. Grant.

Why the rush, kids?

Watch out.

You see, it all works together

in a double helix.

So if you can manage to...

I've got a thing. If you could get the

double helix going, I'II be right back.

Think double helix.

-That was ridiculous.

-That was really bad.

I thought it was fun.

Hey, guys. I shook down

our robot buddy, Mr. Pibb,

and I got you some snacks.

I got mine already. Thanks.

You guys Iook Iike modern art.

Come on.

How'd you guys think the training went?

-Oh, please. Like you care.

-Hey. Chill out a Iittle bit.

I'm not the one that dropped you off

here at the military base, you know.

No, you didn't drop us off here,

but you were supposed to teach us.

Thanks for all the training, Captain.

-You don't care about us.

-She's right.

I got hit with so many paintballs,

I've got more bruises than skin.

-Mr. Shepard?

-What?

You care about us,

right?

I brought cake.

Don't be fooled, Cindy.

He only cares about himself.

Come here. Let's go get you cleaned up.

Wait. Hey, Iook.

Cake.

Smells Iike old socks in here.

Is he in there?

Sucks being in here, doesn't it?

You know, Larraby actually knitted this.

He and Grant, buck naked by a fire,

knit one, purl two.

They knitted this to contain people Iike us.

I got out of here three times.

And I'II bet Cindy could get out of here

whenever she wanted to.

When I was her age, I used to just have

one Ieg work faster than the other.

I did this kind of fast hopping thing.

So you could skip?

Hop. Let's go with hop.

One day, a bunch of my buddies

wanted to go down to the creek,

you know, to throw fish at each other,

paint our face. Guy stuff, you know.

I wanted to go there so bad

that I concentrated

-and I just began to do my Iittle...

-Skipping thing.

Hopping.

AII of a sudden, man, I was there.

Boy, they noticed that.

And then other people noticed.

People Iike the Zenith Program,

they noticed.

So they dragged me and my...

They dragged me and my older brother...

-I didn't know you had a brother.

-They dragged me here, and Grant,

I think he's had enough. Let him out.

Come on, Dylan.

This is Control.

This is Mr. Grant. You can release Dr. West.

I'm sorry. This is Dr. West.

Could you release Mr. Grant?

-Okay, you want us to release...

-No, don't release Dr. Grant.

-Release Mr. West.

-Wait, you want us... You just said...

-Just do what I say.

-Yes, sir.

Two days and counting.

I'm pretty sure the ice cream's this way.

"Outdoor Survival Simulator"?

Sweet.

This room is so cool.

What's Dr. Grant doing in there?

Look.

CIose the door.

Kids.

Very good. That's great. It's closing up.

Keep it open just a...

It's going... Oh, no, it's go... No, no.

It closed.

Good job.

Shouldn't you be in bed? Seriously.

Are you waiting for Peter Pan?

I'm just kidding around. Tucker.

Could you back off the control panel

a little bit? There are buttons on there

I really don't want you to push,

because...

I told you not to...

Why didn't you Iisten to me?

Okay, that's it.

Summer, I want you to open that door.

I want the rain to stop right away,

please.

You're making me very angry, children.

This is not funny. This is not...

What's he doing?

Press another button. Do not push button.

I told you, no button.

If you...

No more buttons.

Do it, Cindy.

Oh, nasty. Come on.

It is the emotional core that is missing

in these children's Iives.

...that magnetiZes so you can't move.

Put your head against these little diodes

and they give you

13 times the lethal dose

of Gamma radiation.

And that made you more powerful?

Dylan, they're not going to put you in here.

That's why I'm here.

To encourage your talents naturally.

Dylan, I'm talking to you. Where do you go

when you fuzz out Iike that?

I...

You don't perchance get a Iittle headache

over your eye when you do that, do you?

Maybe.

Maybe?

Maybe.

Dylan, I got an idea.

I want you to think about Summer right now.

Stand here and see if you can find her.

-But she's nowhere near here.

-I understand that.

Trust your instincts. Go down this hallway

in your mind and find her.

I'm in her room.

No, I...

I can see her dancing.

This is unbelievable. This is a real gift.

It's called mind-sight.

Look,

these kids are going to need a Ieader.

This team needs one.

And a Ieader is someone

who can see the way.

I think that may be you.

And which one of the old team

had the mind-sight thing like me?

-Oh, Marksman.

-Marksman.

What happened to him?

And your girlfriend, Ace?

They all Iost their Iives doing what they do,

being heroes.

-Like in the comic book.

-Yeah.

So this killer, Concussion...

I thought that was all made up.

Some of it was made up.

So this maniac wiped out the whole team?

It really wasn't his fault.

I mean, they made him into that.

He was part of the team?

-Yeah.

-And you trusted him.

He was your friend, and he...

You don't know what

you're talking about, okay?

Concussion was your brother.

His name was Connor.

Summer, what's with the necklace?

It was the Iast thing my parents gave me

before they Ieft.

I guess they couldn't handle my powers.

Can I...

I'm sorry, Miss Holloway.

We couldn't find him anywhere.

Okay. Thank you.

AII right. Well, we'II just have

to proceed without Mr. Shepard today.

If everyone will open up their books...

Hey, sorry I'm Iate,

but I had to get my gang together.

Make the measurements, guys.

Don't be afraid to tickle them.

It almost Iooks Iike you're glad to see me.

No, no, I'm not... I'm not glad to see you.

I mean, the children are glad to see you.

And, well, I guess if they're glad to see you,

then I'm glad to see you. I don't know.

Okay. I'm glad.

-Go ahead.

-Okay.

Well, anyway, kids,

this is what we're going to do.

We're gonna continue

your physical training,

along with your teamwork exercises,

but to complement your internal strengths.

-When do we get names?

-We'II deal with that, but right now,

most importantly,

I want to deal with the fundamentals,

and there's two fundamentals,

control and execution.

Think about it. Control and execution.

Come on, guys. Follow me.

One. Two. Three.

Pull.

You all right?

He's invented a super fabric for Tucker.

Congratulations, Ed.

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Adam Rifkin

Adam Rifkin, sometimes credited as Rif Coogan, is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. His career ranges from broad family comedies to dark and gritty urban dramas. He is best known for writing family-friendly comedies like Mouse Hunt and 2007's Underdog. more…

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