G-Force (Animated and Live Action, 3-D)
Director: Hoyt Yeatman
With: Zach Galifianakis, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Kelli Garner
Voices of: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi
Area theaters
A better action movie than most of what I’ve seen this summer, with some quibbles. The story is clearly aimed at tweens and pre-adolescent boys. We could do without the fart jokes, which were really unnecessary, and the typical “believe in yourself” message unless it can be delivered a bit more subtly. But, the action is non-stop, the 3-D is very cool, and the voice work is good. There’s even a plot twist at the end that surprised me.
Warning: the 3-D curse is in; the ticket price was $11.00.
B+