Rating: 6/10
US Certificate: N/A UK Certificate: N/A
If you are a boy between the ages of 7 and 10, this is probably right up your street. Particularly if you are a UK Ben 10 fan, aware that the film has been out in the US since November last year, yet is only just reaching our screens via DVD release 11/10/2010. And if you are the parent of a boy between these ages, you need this film. You will get a whole hour of peace and quiet while your boy watches the film. And then another when they watch it again!
If you arent a Ben 10 fan (and lets face it, Im not) the film wont really mean all that much to you. I made the colossal mistake of asking whether it was a sequel and how come the aliens were different, and 20 minutes later, with my head hurting rather, I rectified my mistake by hitting play again. From a parents point of view, theres certainly nothing to worry about in the film, but theres not much to hold your attention either theres a broody teenager with a bit of a young Kevin Bacon thing going on, but really, hes just too young.
There are a couple of strong female characters too, and Im assuming thats why my 10 year old daughter was as riveted as my son. I really wouldnt have thought it would be her kind of thing, but she was equally transfixed both first and second time through.
Given this is a DVD release, the children were expecting special features, but its a DVD release of a film that was released on Cartoon Network so I dont think there were many special features prepared. This is a shame a little more detail on how it moved from cartoon to live action would have been good I think, and they do enjoy those bonuses. But more than anything they just enjoyed the film.
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It's Got: A whole hour of peace and quiet built in.
It Needs: The rest of the aliens. Only showing Big Chill, Humongosaur and Nanomech was a wimp out.
DVD Extras Behind the scenes. DVD Extras Rating: 1/10
Summary
One for the die hard Ben 10 fan, but unlikely to convert the passing viewer.