Ben 10 - Race Against Time

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Movie
German title Ben 10 - Race Against Time
Original title Ben 10 - Race Against Time
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2007
length 64 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Alex Winter
script Mitch Watson
production Evan Adler
music Andy Sturmer
camera Morgan Pierre Susser
cut Suzanne Hines
occupation

Ben 10 - Race against Time is an American real film based on the cartoon series Ben 10 , which was released in 2007. Directed by Alex Winter , the music was composed by Andy Sturmer .

action

In Bellwood, a mysterious figure teleports into town and immediately starts destroying things. Ben Tennyson, in the form of Heatblast , faces him. After a short fight, Ben appears to destroy the villain. Max Tennyson identifies him as Eon, an alien who the plumbers captured nearly two centuries ago. When he arrived, he was half-dead and brought a device called Armageddon, which, if activated, would open a gap to the alien's home dimension and unleash his race on Earth. They travel to a high-security facility in which Eon is to be held, but find it empty and his guardian near death.

On the way back to Bellwood, Max takes Ben and Gwen to the Hands of Armageddon site , which is guarded by the few remaining plumbers including Ms. Dalton, Mr. Hawkins, the Postman (Jeff Jensen), Fire Chief Whittington (Michael Runyard), and Headmaster White ( Robert Picardo). Eon has followed them and breaks into the facility, but cannot activate the device. When Ben tries to use the Omnitrix, it stops working, glows purple and refuses to activate it. Eon tries to kidnap Ben, claiming it will be a rescue, but Ben escapes. Eon manages to corner Ben by stating that his race has learned to control time by itself, but captivates itself by abusing its power. He claims that his fate is intertwined with Ben's. Eon is put off by an old man (Sab Shimono) who happens to be another plumber before he can work something out. Grandfather Max decides it would be best for Ben to leave Bellwood so Eon won't find him, but Ben bravely refuses, and the two come to a deal where Ben is monitored daily by a disguised plumber.

In the plumbing shop that stores the Hands of Armageddon , Eon explains some of the background to the Omnitrix: Ben can only stay in his alien form for ten minutes at a time, a failover to prevent them from overwhelming his personality. Knowing how to disable the failover system, Eon can revive himself through the Omnitrix. He does, and Ben is turned into a younger version of Eon. The older one withdraws as there are now two of him. Born again, Eon activated the hands of Armageddon. Gwen and Max manage to break free and work to stop him. While Max tries to lift the time rift, possibly at the cost of his own life, Gwen appeals to Ben in Eon. Ben successfully overcomes Eon and with the help of the other plumbers he manages to save Max and undo the time warp, bringing Eon's race back into its own dimension.

Just when it looks like they've won, time stands still for everyone except Ben. The elder Eon reappears, annoyed by Ben's victory. Ben transforms into Wildmutt and fights him until he finally gets into the Hands of Armageddon and destroys both the Hands of Armageddon and Eon. After an improvised magic trick for the school talent show that used Wildmut's timely de-transformation and a well-placed stage curtain, Ben finally accepts to be just Ben for a while. However, Max points out that aliens are stubborn, and when the movie ends, an alien ship similar to Vilgax's is flying towards Earth.

production

Ben 10 - Race Against Time contains CGI effects and characters from the TV series : Steel Skull, Eminence Gray, Inferno and Beast. Winter said at the 2007 pre-launch that he wanted Ben 10 - Race Against Time "to look like X-Men ," an epic adventure that "looks more cinematic than cartoon" and appeals to all ages. Winter also promised that the film would contain "No Jar Jar ". In a behind-the-scenes video shown on Cartoon Network's video service , Winter describes the film as "everything you've ever seen in Ben 10 comes to life." It was filmed with Panavision Remote Systems.

reception

The film received mixed to negative reviews. While he has been praised for his fidelity to his source material, he has been criticized for his special effects, tone, and performances by his cast.

The film service sees an "under-budgeted real film offshoot of an animated series that tells its superhero story in a child-friendly way according to a common scheme."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Ben 10 - Race against Time . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2010 (PDF; test number: 121 021 V).
  2. ↑ Ben 10 - Race Against Time | Film 2007. Accessed May 8, 2020 .
  3. ↑ TV Feature Film Online: Ben 10 - Race against Time - Film Review - Film - TV SPIELFILM. Retrieved on May 8, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ https://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-look-ben-16525/
  5. ^ CN Upfront: "Ben 10" Live Action and Animated Movies In Production-UPDATED . February 16, 2007. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ben 10 - Race Against Time. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 10, 2020 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used