My Movie Review

Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (83 min)

Zoom is a great movie about superheroes. It has a comic book beginning that tells us about an old superhero team. Now the team doesn’t exist anymore except for Captain Zoom (who has lost most of his superpowers) and his brother Concussion (who turned evil by gamma radiation that was supposed to enhance his powers). Now, 30 years later, Concussion is coming back and he needs to be stopped. It would take a new team of superheroes and Captain Zoom is needed for their training.

The main character of the movie is Captain Zoom. He is an average person now, content with his life, who uses his superpowers to make himself a milkshake with just his finger. He is unwilling to train the kids, because he doesn’t want to go back to the superhero world. But he is forced to do it, and gradually he begins to like the kids and care about them.

I liked the movie because of the action and excitement. The most exciting moment is at the end when Zoom and the kids battle Concussion. The movie has funny physical parts and funny verbal parts. One of the funniest scenes is when Cindy pulls a couch bolted to the wall – she is a girl with super strength, but she wants to be close to Zoom because she had a bad dream! Another funny scene was the tryouts for the kids to be on the new team. If I could choose any superpowers, it would be an ability to fly, but I would not want to be on the team, because I would not want to fight anybody. But being accepted to the team was the best thing that happened to the kids, because they finally felt confident about their powers. They stopped feeling different and started using their powers in everyday life.

Originally written for KidVIEW magazine (issue #3), published by HAHSA kids.