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Friday , October 2 , 2009

G-Force: Occasionally Spectacular

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"I'm a commando who just happens to be a guinea pig." So says one of the main characters in the 3-D fantasy adventure G-Force. This exuberant, occasionally spectacular, rodent romp -- which combines live action and animation -- presents positive lessons that make it suitable for all but the most impressionable viewers, who might be frightened by its repeated scenes of peril. More or less a cheerful, four-legged version of an old "Mission Impossible" episode, this is the tale of three guinea pigs -- determined Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), thrill-loving Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan) and flirtatious Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz) -- who have been transformed into a team of crack government agents by the advanced technological work of innovative FBI scientist Ben (Zach Galifianakis). Charged with foiling the plans of sinister industrialist Saber (Bill Nighy) -- a home appliance magnate bent on using computer chips hidden in his globally distributed products to achieve world domination -- the trio are assisted by tech-savvy mole Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage) and by a silent surveillance fly named Mooch. After their first attempt to infiltrate the Saber conspiracy goes awry and Ben's by-the-book superior, Kip Killian (Will Arnett), shutters the secret animal-training program, the friends are forced to take to the road, and eventually end up captives in a pet store. There they encounter enthusiastic but hapless guinea pig Hurley (voice of Jon Favreau), a long-term inmate of the establishment who longs to be adopted by a human family. Observing that he and Darwin share a similar marking, Hurley jumps to the conclusion that they must be long-lost brothers, a suggestion Darwin at first coldly rejects. But when complications of an escape plan leave the previously sheltered Hurley under Darwin's care amid the dangers of the wider world, he begins to soften up. Along the way to the final showdown with Saber, director Hoyt H. Yeatman Jr. makes the most of 3-D special effects in scenes featuring accidentally discharged fireworks and the conglomeration of dozens of appliances into a gleaming but rampaging, stories-tall robot. In between these visuals, the dialogue conveys the fundamental message that Ben and his friends constitute an improvised family, one sustained by cooperation under pressure, self-sacrifice in the face of danger and a readiness to forgive past mistakes. The heroism the animals display is also shown to derive, not from any scientific manipulation on Ben's part, but from their inner spiritual strength.

"I'm a commando who just happens to be a guinea pig." So says one of the main characters in the 3-D fantasy adventure G-Force. This exuberant, occasionally spectacular, rodent romp -- which combines live action and animation -- presents positive lessons that make it suitable for all but the most impressionable viewers, who might be frightened by its repeated scenes of peril.

More or less a cheerful, four-legged version of an old "Mission Impossible" episode, this is the tale of three guinea pigs -- determined Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), thrill-loving Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan) and flirtatious Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz) -- who have been transformed into a team of crack government agents by the advanced technological work of innovative FBI scientist Ben (Zach Galifianakis).

Charged with foiling the plans of sinister industrialist Saber (Bill Nighy) -- a home appliance magnate bent on using computer chips hidden in his globally distributed products to achieve world domination -- the trio are assisted by tech-savvy mole Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage) and by a silent surveillance fly named Mooch.

After their first attempt to infiltrate the Saber conspiracy goes awry and Ben's by-the-book superior, Kip Killian (Will Arnett), shutters the secret animal-training program, the friends are forced to take to the road, and eventually end up captives in a pet store. There they encounter enthusiastic but hapless guinea pig Hurley (voice of Jon Favreau), a long-term inmate of the establishment who longs to be adopted by a human family.

Observing that he and Darwin share a similar marking, Hurley jumps to the conclusion that they must be long-lost brothers, a suggestion Darwin at first coldly rejects. But when complications of an escape plan leave the previously sheltered Hurley under Darwin's care amid the dangers of the wider world, he begins to soften up.

Along the way to the final showdown with Saber, director Hoyt H. Yeatman Jr. makes the most of 3-D special effects in scenes featuring accidentally discharged fireworks and the conglomeration of dozens of appliances into a gleaming but rampaging, stories-tall robot.

In between these visuals, the dialogue conveys the fundamental message that Ben and his friends constitute an improvised family, one sustained by cooperation under pressure, self-sacrifice in the face of danger and a readiness to forgive past mistakes. The heroism the animals display is also shown to derive, not from any scientific manipulation on Ben's part, but from their inner spiritual strength.

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