About the best jokes the writers can give her though is being clumsy, so she falls down a lot. A few mildly amusing moments arise through her use of her strength, which is juxtaposed with her propensity for cute outfits and her desire to be called Princess.Īssisting Zoom is a geeky Courtney Cox as the scientist in charge of the children. The only one of them who stands out in any entertaining way is Cindy. The new group is pretty generic, one kid can turn invisible, one can move things with her mind, one can expand his body, and the youngest, Cindy, is super strong. Now Concussion is on his way back and the government wants Zoom to return to train a new group of heroes. The end result was that Zoom's brother, Concussion, turned evil, Zoom lost his powers, and the rest of the group was killed during a battle with Concussion during which he was sent into another dimension.

He lost his powers when the government decided to try to increase the groups abilities by dosing them with radiation. Years ago he was the leader of a teenage group of heroes that were working for the government. It could have been to superhero movies what another Tim Allen movie, Galaxy Quest, was to Sci-Fi movies.Īllen stars as Captain Zoom, a former superhero who now runs a garage. It's a shame really because the idea had some real potential. It's just too bad for me that the makers of this movie decided that the only people they truly wanted to enjoy it are five year olds or at least people whose sense of humor stopped maturing at that age.

Ever the foolish optimist, I actually expected to enjoy Zoom.

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