G Force: Movie Review

G Force: Movie Review

Rating: 4/10
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Kelli Garner, Will Arnett - and the voices of Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penélope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan

Director: Hoyt H. Yeatman Jr.
The latest 3D escapade comes to us in the form of G Force, a Disney comedy about a bunch of secret test FBI guinea pigs (who are actually guinea pigs - that's the joke I think) who are trying to infiltrate the world of Leonard Saber (Bill Nighy)
Saber's the head of a household appliances chain and the team believes he's about to take over the world with his automated machinery.
However, just after busting into Saber's mansion, the G Force team of Darwin, Juarez and Blaster (aided by Speckles The Mole) is shut down and disbanded by the head of the FBI.
To make matters worse, the team's inadvertently trapped in a pet store - and up for sale.
Can they rise to the challenge ahead of them with the deadline for Saber's takeover looming and escape their predicament, break out from the pet shop and save the world?
G Force has an awesome cast in terms of vocal talent (Sam Rockwell and an unrecognisable Nicolas Cage) as well as the ever amusing Zach Galifianakis and Will Arnett - but it just failed to meet the mark as far as I was concerned.
The problem is the plot - it's not that it's nonsensical (it's a film, it's not based on credibility) but coupled with characters who just aren't interesting enough, it fails to keep the attention for long enough.
The humans in the piece (with perhaps the exception of Garner and Galifianakis who make an amiable couple) are on screen to merely act improbably and foolishly - at times, Nighy scowls and barks his lines like someone who's just phoned in their role.
Darwin the head of the unit (voiced by Rockwell) is saddled with a boofhead potential brother (voiced by Jon Favreau) at the pet store who is just simply there to provide pratfalls and laughter.
As it's executive producer is Jerry Bruckheimer, you won't be surprised to learn there's plenty of eye popping action - and once again, the 3D factor is well used. Although in some places (such as flying through the skies) it's used to lazy effect - which is unfortunate because elsewhere it adds a depth to the action which is visually impressive.
Unusually for a comedy, despite the screening I was in being packed with children, I don't recall hearing any of them laugh out loud at any point during the film.

G-Force will amuse the younger children in the audience but the adults may find it a little hard to take.