thunderbird ( 2004 ) director represent jonathan frakes star represent bill paxton and ben kingsley and brady corbet 5 4 3 2 1. thunderbird be go . and so begin thunderbird and a childhood favorite of mine . when i hear that they be go to make a thunderbird movie and i be ecstatic . i couldn not wait to see thunderbird 2 roar in to save people and while thunderbird 4 would dive deep into the you get the idea . i just couldn not wait . then come august 2004 and when the movie be finally release . critic pan it and but i still want to go . after all and as long a the heart be in the same place and that be all that matter to me . so i sit down in the theater and the only teenager in a crowd of 50 everyone else be over thirty and under ten . quite possibly the most awkward theater experience that i have ever have the movie ( which be intend to be a prequel ) focus on alan tracy ( brady corbet ) and the young of the tracy family . he spend his day wish that he could be rescue people like the rest of his family and but he too young . one day and he finally get his chance when the hood ( ben kingsley ) trap the rest of his family up on thunderbird 5 ( the space station ) . this involve him have to outsmart the hood henchman and rescue his family in time before the hood can steal all of the money from the bank of england . trust me and the plot sound like a regular episode of thunderbird when you read it on paper . once it get put on to film what a mess we have on our hand . first off and the film be intend for child and much like the original show be . however and gerry anderson treat u like adult and and give u plot that be fairly advance for child program . this on the other hand and dumbs down the plot a it try to make itself a ripoff of the spy kid franchise . the final product be a movie that try to appeal to fan of the thunderbird series and child and while miss both entirely . lame joke and cartoonish sound and and stupid antic that no one really find amuse be all over this movie and and i be sure that jonathan frakes be wish he would never direct this . over all and everyone give a solid performance and consider the script that they be all give . ben kingsley be exceptional a the hood and play the part extremely well . my only complaint about the character be about the hood henchman and who be reduce to leftover from old looney tune cartoon and bumble about a and amazingly enough and the kid take them on with ease . what odd about this movie be that while i be watch the movie and i have fun . but once the light go up and i realize that the movie be fairly bad and i be $ 8 lighter and and two hour of my time be now go . a guilty pleasure . perhaps . nonetheless and thunderbird be a forgettable mess . instead of a big go and i be go to have to recommend that you stay away from this movie . if the rest of movie could have be like the first ten minute of it and it would have be an incredible film worthy of the thunderbird name . however and we get a movie that only die hard thunderbird fan ( if you would like to watch your childhood torn to piece ) or the extremely bored should bother with . my rating for thunderbird be 1 ½ star .