Are we to be thankful that leather-faced Mickey Rourke has merely turned up? He seems to think so. A squad of reliable Brits give it a tickle of Austin Powers parody, while one unreliable American gives it next to nothing. It’s hard to warm to such a hero.Ī shame, because Geoffrey Sax makes a good fist of the visuals, mustering plenty of bonkers sets, vehicular action and new-fangled gizmos. After his uncle dies, a young boy learns of his relatives true occupation as an undercover spy and is later recruited to be undercover himself. The type - total babe magnet - that real teenage boys - moody, spotty - tend to consider a “git”. But, to quote Derek Zoolander, he’s “really, really, ridiculously good-looking”. Horowitz’s screenplay never quite overcomes the uncomfortable suggestion that Rider is being utilised as an underage soldier.Īlso, with its wet-dream scenario - parentless teen becomes a secret agent and has Alicia Silverstone as his home-help - a lot depends on Alex Pettyfer to channel audience aspirations. The franchise spawned an attempt at a film series in 2006 with the movie Alex Rider: Stormbreaker, which starred Alex Pettyfer and featured Mickey Rourke, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Nighy, and Ewan. Where Master Potter is a pawn in bigger games, Alex Rider actively leaps into harm’s way when, as we’re constantly reminded, he’s only 14 years old. This energetic home-grown adventure, based on the first of Anthony Horowitz’s sextet of teen novels, has an easy pitch: baby Bond, juvenile Jack Bauer, Harry Potter goes Harry Palmer… Thus right there in its creative DNA is a huge ask.
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