Stars: Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Kevin Zegars, Chevy Chase, Rip Torn, Ryan Newman, Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy

Director: Peter Hewitt

Summary:

Peter Hewitt’s (GARFIELD - THE MOVIE) family-friendly adventure film, ZOOM, stars Tim Allen as an aging former superhero who is reluctantly called back on the job. Years ago, Jack (Allen) was adopted for a government program that capitalised on the oddities of unusual children. Under the influence of super-strength-building Gamma rays, Jack became the lightning-fast Zoom, and joined the Zenith team, a group of other similarly cultivated superheroes that included his brother, Concussion (Kevin Zegers). But Concussion went bad, betrayed his fellows, and Zoom was the only one to survive; since then, he has rescinded his powers. Now the government, alarmed at Concussion’s approach from another dimension, wants to put together another Zenith team with Jack as their leader. The officials, including Chevy Chase and Rip Torn, assemble a motley crew of youths that includes a six-year-old with superhuman strength (Ryan Newman), and an innocuous-looking chubby boy who can grow parts of his body at will (Spencer Breslin). Two teenagers (Michael Cassidy and Kate Mara) are also on hand, and they fall in love, while the initially reluctant Jack, who suffered much at the hands of the Zenith team and has since become bitter about the possibility of heroes, begins to open up to the kids. He also finds love with the bumbling, admiring child psychologist (Courtney Cox) who has been assigned to the case. The film’s message comes across strongly: the qualities that make a misfit are the very ones that give strength.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Academy of Superheroes Guide For Kids, Bring Superheroes to Life - The Making of Zoom
Year:	2006
Release Date:	April 23, 2007
Runtime:	85 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 41271
Keywords:	Academy, Family, English, Superheroes, Zoom
Genre:	Family