Zathura (film)
- Jonah Bobo: Danny
- Josh Hutcherson: Walter
- Dax Shepard: Astronaut
- Kristen Stewart: Lisa
- Tim Robbins: Father
- John Alexander: Robot
Zathura - A Space Adventure is an adventure film from 2005 by director Jon Favreau. The film is based on the eponymous novel by Chris Van Allsburg children. Working title of the film was Jumanji 2
Action
The lying in a bitter dispute brothers Walter and Danny discover in the basement of their old house an ancient board game that similar to Parcheesi is not turn based you, only that the figures, stylized spaceships are mechanically " erwürfelt " by pulling up and moved. It is issued every time an event card. The game seems to come in his elderly presentation from the 1950's ( approximately in the style of Flash Gordon ), reminiscent of similar real Aufziehspiele (for example, with small tin cars ) from this period and is named Zathura.
It is a magical game, because already the first card resolves, analogous to its caption, a meteor shower from which devastated the house. When the house is suddenly in space, the brothers realize the seriousness of the situation. Only when they play the game is over, the nightmare is over. But every turn triggers another exciting and dangerous event. So the brothers put their big sister Lisa unintentionally in a cryonic hibernation, are pursued by a murderous robot, must rescue a stranded astronaut ( which later proved to be the adult Walter turns out ) and fight against the extraterrestrial lizard creatures called Zorgon and their attacking spaceships. Finally, they succeed now united fraternally to play the game successfully completed.
Trivia
- The film had a budget of about 65 million U.S. dollars. The worldwide box office results amounted to 64.3 million U.S. dollars.
Reviews
" Zathura is not really exciting, but (at least for youth audience) quite exciting potential for 113 minutes. By the way, he even gets in direct comparison with Jumanji the contract. "
The lexicon of the International film saw a " Imaginative sci-fi spectacle, which maintains the balance between breathtaking special effects, comprehensible sketches of people and a not too exaggerated morality. A completely successful entertainment movie. "