Movie Reviews – Alex Rider
Movie Reviews – Alex Rider
Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is just a normal highschool student.He was left by his parents since he was a baby.Alex live with his uncle Ian Rider (Ewan McGregor).His uncle never been around the house much.Ian work in a bank. Alex spent most of his time in the house with his uncle housekeeper Jack Starbright (Alicia Silverstone).But what Alex doesn’t know is that his uncle was a secret spy.
One day Alex receive a news that his uncle is dead because of an accident.He forgot to wear his seatbelt in the carwash. But Alex feel that something is wrong, because his uncle is a very carefull man, and it is imposible if he forget to
wear his seatbelt. But after the funeral, ALex life is never been the same.
In his uncle’s funeral Alex meets John Crawford (Jimmy Carr) from the Royal and General Bank and Allan Blunt (Bill Nighy) the chairman of the bank,and also his deputy Mrs.Jones (Sophie Okonedo). Alex feel that there is something strange about his uncle’s death. One day Alex saw John Crawford and snaek on him, but he was missing when he entered a photobox. So Alex tries to finds out where this man gone to. Apparently in the photobox there is a secret passage way to a secret place.In this place Alex meet Mrs.Jones. She explain all what is happening.
Alex’s uncle was a government spy.All this time his uncle has prepared Alex to be an agent like him too, without he realize.
They want Alex to work for them too like his uncle.At
first Alex refuses but after he think it over, he decided to join in.Then Alex was sent into special forces training camp in Wales for two weeks training.Alex meets unfriendly situations in the training camp with the team he join in.They are underestimate his capability in the training. But in the end of his train Alex shows all of his friends his capability, he helps his team to pass the last test.
After passing the test,Alex is taking his first mission as a spy.He must undercover as a computer expert who wins the Disc Drive World magazine competition.The winner of this competition get the chance to try the latest invention of the newest PC, the Stormbreaker which is found by Darius Sayle (Mickey Rourke).This mission might connected to the truth about his uncle’s death.
Sayle is planning to give 70000 of Stormbreaker PC freely to everyone.But
there is something hidden behind his generousity. Sayle planned to kill the Prime Minister as a revenge.Alex finds out his plan, but he was caught by Sayle’s men.So the action begin.
Will Alex be able to get away from his captivity ? Will he be able to stop Sayle’s plan ? Why is Sayle want to revenge to the Prime Minister ? Who had kill his uncle ? What is the secret behind the Stormbreaker project ?
This movie is a teenage James Bond kind of movie.The action is great.Though the story is a little doesn’t make sense. But its quite entertaining. The story is easy to predict. There is plenty of action and excitement in it. A must see movie.
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