Thunderbirds (2004)

Release date: 2004-07-23
Country: UK|France|USA
Language: English
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Production Co: Working Title Films, StudioCanal, Tracy Films
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Rating: 4.2/10
Length: 1h 35min

Storyline

The year is 2010. Teenager Alan Tracy, sent off to a distant boarding school, is the youngest of the sons of Jeff Tracy, a retired American astronaut. Jeff, a widower, has formed International Rescue, and raised his sons to act as a secret, volunteer organization which uses highly advanced technology to save lives worldwide. Jeff and his older sons John, Virgil, Scott, and Gordon, who like Alan were named after the Mercury Seven astronauts are joined in this effort by Lady Penelope and her butler/chauffeur Parker. Their futuristic hardware is largely developed by a genius scientist known as Brains, who lives at the International Rescue base on Tracy Island, somewhere in the Pacific.

Plot Keywords

island, bank robbery, heist, rescue mission, fire, rescue attempt, bank, bank vault, hostage, oil rig, rescue, secret headquarters, aircraft, spaceship, spacecraft, secret agent, female agent, female spy, typhoon, escape

Short Review

There's enough special effects razzle-dazzle to distract the average ten-year-old, but the script by William Osborne and Michael McCullers is stilted and humorless -- a little camp might have helped.