Ben 10: Race Against Time

Ben 10: Race Against Time is the second movie in the Ben 10 franchise, released on November 21, 2007. It is also the first live-action movie, based on the Original Series.
==Synopsis==
After fighting aliens with his Grandpa Max and cousin Gwen, Ben returns home to face his biggest challenge yet, just being a regular kid. Little does he know that under his hometown lies a secret, one that he must protect at any cost.
==Plot==
At 2:59 a.m. in Bellwood, a mysterious figure appears out of thin air on the town's main street and immediately starts destroying things. Ben, in the form of Heatblast, confronts him. After a short battle, Heatblast seemingly obliterates the villain and reverts back into Ben.
The next morning, Ben goes back to school and has trouble adjusting to a normal life again. After a bad day in which he gets bullied by Cash and JT, and two girls he tried to flirt with earlier, this resulted in Grey Matter causing complete chaos at a diner where Doris Dalton works. 
Later, he and Gwen go over some yearbook photos she took. In the background of one with Ben, Gwen enhances a blurred spot and reveals the same villain Ben defeated earlier. Max identifies him as Eon, an alien the Plumbers captured almost two centuries ago. When he arrived, he was half dead and brought a device with him called the "Hands of Armageddon", which would open a time rift to the alien's home dimension and unleash his race upon Earth if activated. 
The three Tennysons travel to a secret containment facility, where Eon is supposed to be kept in suspended animation, only to find it empty and his guardian aged to near-death. Before he dies, the Plumber warns Ben that Eon is after him. Traveling back to Bellwood, Max takes Ben and Gwen to the location of the Hands of Armageddon, guarded by the few remaining Plumbers ranging from Mrs. Dalton, Mr. Hawkins the postman, Fire Chief Whittington, and Principal Edward White.
Eon follows them and breaks into the facility but cannot activate the device. When Ben attempts to use the Omnitrix, it malfunctions, glowing purple, and refuses to activate. Eon attempts to kidnap Ben, claiming it to be a rescue, but Ben escapes. Eon manages to corner Ben, explaining that his race learned to control time itself, but trapped themselves by misusing their power. He claims that his fate is intertwined with Ben's. Eon is scared off by an old man who happens to be another Plumber before he can elaborate. Max decides it would be best for Ben to leave Bellwood so that Eon won't find him, but Ben bravely refuses, and they both come to a deal where Ben will be monitored daily by a Plumber in disguise.
The Plumbers, all around town, guard Ben around the clock. When Ben goes to the school gym to be alone, Principal White attempts to calm Ben's fears. Suddenly, Eon arrives again and shoves White out of the way. This time, Ben transforms into Diamondhead and fights him off. Later that day, Ben decides to lure Eon into a trap by purposefully leaving himself open, but this backfires and he is captured, along with Gwen and Max after the Rustbucket is destroyed.
At the Plumber facility storing the Hands of Armageddon, Eon explains some of the background of the Omnitrix: Ben can only remain in his alien forms for ten minutes at a time, a failsafe to prevent them from overwhelming his personality. Eon knows how to deactivate the failsafe, and in doing so can resurrect himself through the Omnitrix. He does so, and Ben is transformed into a younger version of Eon. The older one retreats since there are now two of him. Reborn, Eon activates the Hands of Armageddon. Meanwhile, Principal White has gotten out of the nurse's office and finds the imprisoned Plumbers. When trying to find the key to that room, they point to the button near the door that freed them all. Gwen and Max manage to free themselves and work to stop him. While Max tries to disable the time rift, potentially at the cost of his own life, Gwen appeals to Ben inside Eon. Ben successfully overcomes Eon, pressing the Omnitrix symbol under his cloak to revert back into Ben, and with the help of the other Plumbers, manages to save Max and disables the time rift, sending Eon's race back to their own dimension.
Just when it seems like they've won, time stops for everyone but Ben. The older Eon reappears, angered at Ben's victory. Ben transforms into Wildmutt and fights him off, eventually knocking him into the Hands of Armageddon, destroying both the Hands and Eon. After doing an impromptu magic trick for the school talent show, using the Omnitrix timing out and a well-placed stage curtain, Wildmutt reverts back into Ben and he finally accepts being just Ben for a while. However, Max points out that aliens are persistent, and as they walk off into the night, an alien ship flies towards Earth.
==Noteworthy Events==
===Major Events===
*The Tennysons are back in Bellwood after their summer vacation.
*Ben, Gwen, and Max face Eon for the first time, who escaped from a cryogenic tube where he was held captive.
*Eon manages to take over Ben's body and activate the Hands of Armageddon.
====Character Debuts====
*Ben Tennyson
*Gwen Tennyson
*Max Tennyson
*Edward White
*Doris Dalton
*Eon
*Eon's Minions
*Mr. Hawkins
*Fire Chief Whittington
*Old Man
*Constantine Jacobs
*Mr. Enguells
*Mr. Jenyx
*Mrs. Carlyle
*Cash Murray
*JT
*Carl Tennyson
*Sandra Tennyson
====Omnitrix Alien Debut====
*Eon
==Characters==
===Main Characters===
*Ben Tennyson (first appearance)
*Gwen Tennyson (first appearance)
*Max Tennyson (first appearance)
===Supporting Characters===
*Edward White (first appearance)
*Doris Dalton (first appearance)
===Antagonists===
*Eon (first appearance)
**Eon's Minions (first appearance)
===Other Characters===
*Plumbers
**Mr. Hawkins (first appearance)
**Fire Chief Whittington (first appearance)
**Old Man (first appearance)
**Constantine Jacobs (first appearance; death)
**Mr. Enguells (first appearance)
**Mr. Jenyx (first appearance)
**Mrs. Carlyle (first appearance)
*Cash Murray (first appearance)
*JT (first appearance)
*Carl Tennyson (first appearance)
*Sandra Tennyson (first appearance)
==Aliens Used==
*Heatblast (off-screen activation)
*Grey Matter (selected alien was Four Arms)
*Diamondhead
*Eon (first appearance)
*Wildmutt
==Music Used==
*Jimmy Coup - Theme Song
*Josh Fix - "Don't Call Me in the Morning"
*Boys Like Girls - "I'm Ready to Roll"
==Naming and Translations==
==Cast==
Actor 	Role
Graham Phillips 	Ben Tennyson
Haley Ramm 	Gwen Tennyson
Lee Majors 	Max Tennyson
Christien Anholt 	Eon
David Franklin 	Heatblast
Carlos Alazraqui 	Grey Matter
Daran Norris 	Diamondhead
Dee Bradley Baker 	Wildmutt
Beth Littleford 	Sandra Tennyson
Don McManus 	Carl Tennyson
Robert Picardo 	Edward White
Aloma Wright 	Doris Dalton
Tyler Patrick Jones 	Cash Murray
Tyler Foden 	JT
Alex Winter 	Constantine Jacobs
Jeff Jensen 	Hawkins
Michael Runyard 	Fire Chief Whittington
Sab Shimono 	Old Man
Bianca Brockl 	Candace
Paige Hurd 	Stephanie
Antoniette Spolar 	Talent Show Teacher
Mitch Watson 	Stage Manager
Andrew John Ferguson	Kid on Bike
Marilyn Zack 	Woman in Curlers
==Allusions==
*Wildmutt is used for an onstage magic trick, just like he was in Tough Luck.
==Errors==
*Heatblast knocks Eon through the insurance building window, but in a later scene the window is fixed, as if nothing happened.
*When Heatblast is fighting Eon's minions, they're fighting the police officers in one scene, and are still running after them when Heatblast makes a wall of fire in the next scene.
*After Heatblast reverts to Ben, the Omnitrix doesn't turn red.
*When Ben rotates the Omnitrix's dial, Grey Matter's silhouette is shown twice, and he doesn't slam it when Four Arms' silhouette is showing.
*During the food fight scene, the girls and everyone else behind them did not get any food on them, but as soon as they leave the diner, they are all dirty.
*When Eon grabs Ben, he pulls him through the door of the hardware store, even though they were underground.
*When Eon corners Ben and the old man shoots at Eon, the first few shots come out of nowhere before it shows him coming out the door.
*When Ben as Eon reaches to the Omnitrix symbol, the sides of it are a lighter shade of green.
Race (97).png|The window is broken
Race (127).png|The window is fixed
Race (148).png|Eon's minions are fighting the police officers
Race (157).png|Eon's minions run after the police officers
Race (242).png|The Omnitrix is green
Race (692).png|Grey Matter's silhouette appears for the first time
Race (694).png|Grey Matter's silhouette appears again
Race (894).png|The girls have no food on them
Race (926).png|The girls have food on them
Race (1385).png|Eon and Ben are underground
Race (1391).png|Eon and Ben exit the hardware store
Race (1457).png|Shots come from nowhere
2Race (688).png|Omnitrix symbol error
==Trivia==
*This movie's theme song is a pop-punk rendition of the theme song of the Original Series.
*When Eon teleports into the Plumber base and attacks Mr. Jenyx, the Wilhelm scream can be heard.
*This movie premiered in Poland before the first episode of Alien Force, but on the same day.
*The movie was also released on the PSP UMD Video in Europe.
*In the Brazilian version of the opening of this movie, there is a small difference in the lyrics of the theme song of the series in an excerpt from the final part, where in the series it is said "Ele não foge de medo ou dor" (He does not run away from fear or pain) and in the movie it is said "Ele não foge do opressor" (He does not run away from the oppressor). Both versions sound similar but have different meanings.
*This movie was originally canon to the Prime Timeline of the Classic Continuity. This was retconned in Ben 10,000 Returns, which established that the movie takes place in an alternate timeline. The reverse happened to Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens.
**It is revealed that in this timeline, Verdona is deceased.
**The reason behind the name of the Rustbucket 2 was because the original was destroyed in this film, so the current canon explanation is unknown.
**Some of Eon's previous attempts to control Ben prior to the movie were thwarted by Paradox; it is unknown how true this still holds after Eon was retconned as being an alternate version of Ben. Paradox would later make his debut in Paradox.
*According to pop-up trivia from the enhanced version of this movie:
**Ben has been back in Bellwood for a few weeks since his summer vacation ended.
**Since her family moved to a different part of Bellwood during the summer, Gwen is going to Ben's school now.
**Gwen has temporarily given up on her real magic in an effort to try and get back to normal.
**Ben's aliens got famous over the summer thanks to news reports.
**Eon's powers over energy allowed him to control the cars.
**Gwen recognized the Diamondhead crystal debris. Everyone else just thought it was broken glass.
**The Rustbucket was destroyed, and even Upgrade can't help put it back together again.
**Although Ben has stayed in his alien form for over 10 minutes before, it has never been with the failsafe purposely turned off.
**The weird energy fluctuations of the Hands of Armageddon made it impossible for Gwen to use her magic.
**The Hands needed the full power of a young Chronian to become activated.
**The Hands' defenses dropped once it was powered on, making it easy to destroy.
**The stage manager was played by the movie's writer - Mitch Watson.
**The ships at the end of the movie are implied to belong to Vilgax.
==References==
===Crew Statements===
====Dwayne McDuffie====
===Pop-Up Trivia===
===Other===
====Max====
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