#G FORCE 2 MOVIE MOVIE#
If Bruckheimer’s presence ain’t enough to convince you that this movie is awash with meaningless action, then consider the fact that the director, Hoyt Yeatman, is not only a veteran Hollywood effects pro but also, quite tellingly, was the visual effects supervisor for Armageddon and The Rock, both of which were directed by Michael “BOOM!” Bay. It is through this unholy mating of Walt Disney Studios with producer Jerry Bruckheimer that G-Force was spawned. Then, throw on a superficial layer of cutesy references to such bastions of pop culture as the Pussycat Dolls and “Pimp My Ride” before accessorizing with a throbbing Black Eyed Peas musical accompaniment. Next, add a bunch of “clever” allusions to authentic films of varying quality: Die Hard, Mission: Impossible, Scarface, Apocalypse Now, Indiana Jones, and Transformers. Imagine experiencing, at warp speed and for 90 minutes, the reality of the infamous Richard Gere gerbil joke. This latest wave of 3-D (aside from Coraline and Up) proves that certain filmmakers’ gimmicky tendencies are only growing more obnoxious with time, but, as it turns out, the 3D wasn’t even necessary for G-Force to trigger the urge to purge. Besides, the story is what really should matter in a review, not the demonstrated ability for a film to paddleball an audience into oblivion. The reason for this choice, quite simply, was that I grew nauseated while merely watching G-Force’s 3-D theatrical trailers, and, ideally, a film review is not aided by the act of vomiting into one’s popcorn bag. As an initial disclaimer and despite the endless begging of a certain eight-year old, I chose to view the 2-D version of G-Force for this review.