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| Director: | Mike Mitchell | Plot: | When the son of superhero legend The Commander starts superhero school, he tries to mask that he has not yet discovered what his powers are. Not wanting to disappoint his father, he tries to hide his secret. Unfortunately, an enemy from his fathers past is plotting their downfall. | ||
| Writer: | Paul Henrandez | ||||
| Starring: | Kurt Russell | ||||
| Kelly Preston | |||||
| Bruce Campbell | |||||
| Genre: | Comedy | Cert: |
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Sky High is Disney's attempt
to slice into the world of superhero's with their own brand of humour
and vision. Surprisingly, unlike a lot of Disney live action output,
this film is rather good. Set around the premise of a school for
superhero's "in the making", the story centres around Will Stronghold,
and his struggles to fit in with the crowd. What sets Will out from the
rest of the school population are his parents, who are the two most
famous, most celebrated superheroes of all time.
Cleverly Disney has taken the basic teen school movie and injected flying, freezing and melting into the mix. The school is cleverly divided into two factions, the hero's and the sidekicks, much like the geeks and the jocks. What we get is the usual Disney moral codes of equality and inner strength, however with it's collection of unique characters and original hero's/sidekicks we get a nice touch of "out of the ordinary". The cast is uniformly good, with Kurt Russell chiselling his jaw and puffing his chest as superdaddy. However the real standouts are the kids playing the sidekicks, each of whom seem to have realised what their role in the movie is. They are always there, and you rarely see any posturing from them, however as per normal the ones ignored by the popular kids are the ones who are required to save the day. A hero is only as good as their sidekick. Disney have again surprised people with this movie, proving that they can provide decent output. The challenge will be for them to keep it up. |
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