Thunderbirds Movie Review 2004

Thunderbirds are go! Nobody's really sure why, since it's a 40-year-old British TV show about creepy puppets (remember "Supermarionation"?) rescuing other, equally creepy puppets. This version is live-action but it's still wooden. Billionaire ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy (Paxton) lives on an island in the South Pacific with his five sons (all named after astronauts) and five specially designed aircraft. He uses the Thunderbirds to run International Rescue. Telekinetic evil guy, The Hood (Kingsley), is bent on world domination (what else?) and strands Dad and the four older boys on their orbiting space station, leaving youngest wannabe Thunderbird Alan (Corbett) and a couple of his pals to save the day. The 10-and-under crowd may be persuaded to sit through this harmless but lackluster adventure.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Action-Comedy, TV Series, Live Action/Animation Combos, Family Ties, Heists: Banks, Spy Kids

Screenplay

Peter Hewitt, William Osborne, Michael McCullers

Cast

Bill Paxton, Brady Corbet, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles, Ron Cook, Genie Francis, Lou Hirsch, Nicola Walker, Johannes Zadrozny, Soren Fulton, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Philip Winchester, Dhobi Oparei, Kyle Herbert, Dominic Colenso, Ben Torgersen, Lex Shrapnel

Cinematography

Brendan Galvin

Director

Jonathan Frakes

Music

Hans Zimmer

Other

Peter Lindsay, Nick Angel, Martin Walsh, John Frankish, Marit Allen, John Beard

Producer

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Mark Huffam, Working Title Productions, Universal