Solid family friendly sci-fi

Rating: 6/10 (17 October 2014)

(55%)A perfectly fine family sci-fi movie that has a degree more brains and attention to character/story than say the poor transformers movies; although its only real issue here is that it just feels a tad one note and joyless. I suspect the source of the lack of excitement comes from the fact that most of the movie is based around the training of the young section of the cast which by its own nature never feel like life or death situations. In fact they feel more like the practice section in a video game rather than the better main event. On a good plus side the effects throughout are really very good, the direction is solid, the ending is well done, and the good cast do elevate the movie. Younger sci-fi fans should give this a look, and their parents will probably get something out of it too.