Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/11/06 Home Video 02/13/07 MPAA Rating Rated PG for brief rude humor, language and mild action Running Time 1 hour 20 minutes Genre Sci-Fi, Comedy, Action Director Pete Hewitt Writer Adam Rifkin, David Berenbaum, Tim Allen, Matt Carroll Cast Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin, Rip Torn, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy, Ryan Newman Studio Columbia Pictures |
ZOOM
SYNOPSIS
Four kids (Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara, Ryan
Newman and Michael Cassidy) - one big problem.
They each possess a unique special power that
sets them apart from everybody else their age.
They also have something else in common - they
just want to be normal.
Now it's up to a down-on-his-luck former superhero
once known as Captain Zoom (Tim Allen) to teach
them how to harness their extraordinary talents
and save the world from certain destruction!
If anybody can convince him to do so.
A little backstory. Many years ago, there was a
colossal battle between the Team Zenith (led by
the faster-than-light Captain Zoom) and their
arch-nemesis, Concussion. Zoom finally destroyed
Concussion, but not before his entire team was
slain at the hands of Concussion's sonic blasts.
As the dust settled, secret departments within the
military were already disseminating an "official"
story: The turbulence was caused by an
earth-quake. When it was discovered that Captain
Zoom had sacrificed all his powers to defeat his
enemy, the military no longer had any use for him,
and he once again became simply Jack Shepard.
Four kids (Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara, Ryan
Newman and Michael Cassidy) - one big problem.
They each possess a unique special power that
sets them apart from everybody else their age.
They also have something else in common - they
just want to be normal.
Now it's up to a down-on-his-luck former superhero
once known as Captain Zoom (Tim Allen) to teach
them how to harness their extraordinary talents
and save the world from certain destruction!
If anybody can convince him to do so.
A little backstory. Many years ago, there was a
colossal battle between the Team Zenith (led by
the faster-than-light Captain Zoom) and their
arch-nemesis, Concussion. Zoom finally destroyed
Concussion, but not before his entire team was
slain at the hands of Concussion's sonic blasts.
As the dust settled, secret departments within the
military were already disseminating an "official"
story: The turbulence was caused by an
earth-quake. When it was discovered that Captain
Zoom had sacrificed all his powers to defeat his
enemy, the military no longer had any use for him,
and he once again became simply Jack Shepard.
After many years, the masterminds behind the old Zenith Program, General Larraby (Rip Torn) and Dr.
Grant (Chevy Chase), have reunited after detecting alarming patterns of disruption from the dimensions
beyond that could threaten the fabric of human life. Their only hope is to reactivate the Zenith Program.
A new talent in the studies of latent supernatural abilities, Marsha Holloway (Courteney Cox), finds four
youngsters with the potential to be superhero fighters. But the reluctant quartet needs someone to
teach them how to save the world - and fast! - and there's only one man for the job. Jack Shepard.
--© Sony Pictures
Grant (Chevy Chase), have reunited after detecting alarming patterns of disruption from the dimensions
beyond that could threaten the fabric of human life. Their only hope is to reactivate the Zenith Program.
A new talent in the studies of latent supernatural abilities, Marsha Holloway (Courteney Cox), finds four
youngsters with the potential to be superhero fighters. But the reluctant quartet needs someone to
teach them how to save the world - and fast! - and there's only one man for the job. Jack Shepard.
--© Sony Pictures
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