MXP - Most Extreme Primate
An unlikely friendship is forged when an overachieving chimpanzee meets a lonely boy with a love for snowboarding inMXP: Most Extreme Primate.   Jack the chimpanzee (MVPandMVP II) has given up hockey and skateboarding in favor of life with his family at the El Simian Nature Reserve, but a Mexican vacation gone awry lands Jack in Blackbrush, Colorado--right in the path of a lonely boy named Pete who's just moved into town.  The two quickly become close friends, and eventually Pete teaches Jack to snowboard and they become partners in a snowboarding race.  Factor in two greedy men looking to make their fortunes by kidnapping Jack and Jack's worried (human) "Mom" trying to track down Jack from Mexico in spite of a fierce hurricane, and a very familiar plot runs its predictable course.  Unlike the previousMVPmovies, this third production lacks intensity and suspense and ultimately leaves the viewer feeling uninvolved and uninterested.  A brief demonstration by snowboarder Bjorn Leines serves as a high point for snowboarding fans. (Ages 5 to 10)--Tami Horiuchi