Capture the Flag(2015)
Budding astronaut Mike gets the chance to follow his dreams- and help heal his family- when a greedy businessman plots to disprove the moon landings.
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Age group8–12 years
Duration94 mins
Personally I didn't really like Capture the flag. At some points, it was good, but at some it was boring, which was a tiny bit disappointing as I thought it wouldn't be boring. It is about a little boy called Mike and his friends, Amy and Marty. Mike's father and grandfather haven't talked for a few years, all because when his father was young, his grandfather was chosen to be the Commander of a NASA mission to go to the moon. That day, Mike's father came home with the chicken pox from school, and Mike's grandfather caught it, which meant he couldn't go on the NASA mission. Mike's dad has become an astronaut and has been chosen to be the commander for the NASA mission, and the Rocket that they will be flying hasn't been used in 40 years and, it was used for Mike's grandfather's mission what they got trained to fly and Mike's grandfather is asked to train Mike's dad. Mike hopes that his grandfather will come and train his dad but he has a doubt since they don't speak to each other and they don't get on either. Mike goes to his grandfather's care home and takes a picture for his grandfather to remember the good times with Mike's dad. His grandfather shows up last minute and Mike doesn't think that his grandfather will be coming. Mike is surprised when his grandfather shows up. After Mike's dad has been trained for the day in a practice Rocket, Mike, Amy and Marty want a ride in the practice Rocket. The practice rocket runs out of fuel and means that Mike's dad had to do an ejection in the Rocket, and Mike's dad breaks his leg so that means he can't go on the NASA mission. Mike tries to break the 'Curse' and tries to sneak onto the NASA mission Rocket the night it gets launched, along with Amy. The door locks behind them on the inside, but Mike's grandfather catches them and gets in just when it is the three of them and launches the Rocket. When they get to the Moon, Mike's grandfather lets Mike go first but, when they re-plant the flag, they notice it has been changed by a bad guy called Richard Carson who stole the flag and put his in it then he takes Mike's grandfather and nearly throws him in Acid. Mike and Amy saved Mike's grandfather but they return with no flag but the Rocket landed successfully. The film has a few naughty words in it. I rated it 4 stars and I would recommend it to anyone 5/6+.
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