6.5
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.
Owen Wilson
Jack
Michael Peña
Argon
Walker Scobell
Charlie
Momona Tamada
Maya
Keith L. Williams
Berger
Abigail James Witherspoon
Lizzie
Jesse Williams
Irons
Jessie Mueller
Lily
Dustin Ingram
Jersey
Charles Melton
Hawaii
Levy Tran
Virginia
Michael Anthony
Wisconsin
Kezii Curtis
Big Mac
Dayna Beilenson
Ms. Squint
David Lengel
Coach Skipper
DK Metcalf
Coach Hammer
Ninja N. Devoe
Officer Grant
Mick Daily
Officer O'Reilly
Lucius Baston
Jerry the Janitor
Labrandon Shead
Berger's Dad
Constance McCracklin
Berger's Mom
Forrest Deal
Forrest Deal
Louie Chaplin Moss
Young Charlie
Aiden Malik
Robbie Fernandez
Lav Luv
Umpire
Laila Pruitt
Dance DJ
Mallory Hoff
Anchorwoman
Zeb Slone
Kid at the School Dance (uncredited)
Director, Screenplay
Henry Joost
Director, Screenplay
Ariel Schulman
Screenplay
Josh Koenigsberg
Screenplay, Story
Christopher L. Yost
May 28, 2023
6
This reminded me a little at the start of "The Hunters" (2013) as some pals discover that the basement of one of their family homes is really a den of technology and superhero-style power packs. It's whilst "Charlie" (Walker Scobell) and his gang of increasingly incredulous chums are exploring that they realise they are not alone in searching for an unique power source that could, of course, change the whole world order. Soon, the two teams are at loggerheads in their race to find it. Can the youngsters fend off their much more aggressive (and grown up) antagonists led by "Argon" (Michael Peña)? It's quite fun to watch this - one of those simple, family sci-fi dramas with adequate visual effects and just a hint of menace before an action-packed denouement that manages to use all the fancy kit. Owen Wilson tops and tails the film as dad "Jack" and though it's a bit on the padded side, it's actually quite a passable drama with a soupçon of humour in the script and I found young Scobell to be quite an entertaining lad to watch.