Great Film overall

A lot of fun.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

The film: It was crap. Not much else to say that other reviewers haven't... The effects were crap. The acting was crap. The story was crap. The lack of continuity was crap.The TV Series: It was fun. Interesting villains, like Dr. Animo or Vilgax, were entertaining to watch (Animo's voice is awesome!). The aliens: Heatblast, Grey Matter, Wildmutt, Diamondhead, Cannonbolt, Fourarms, Upgrade, Ghostfreak, Way Big, Eye Guy, XLR8, Stinkfly, Ripjaws, Wildvine, Benwolf, Benmummy, Benviktor, Upchuck, & Ditto were all interesting, exciting and original, fun for the audience to watch. The animation was good, the stories were good. Okay, it could be a little bit 'kiddy' but, nonetheless, it was a fun show with fun characters, interesting ideas and a great execution make one heck of a good sci-fi animated kid's show.In comparison: The TV series was fun, with original ideas and entertaining stories, but the film was unintelligible drivel, and just plain crap.

I am definitely far older than the average age demography of fans for the 'Ben 10' fandom but I do enjoy watching a kiddie flick on occasion. These films serve as good background noise if I'm also reading or on the computer and often have plots that don't require much investment and, as such, can be relaxing. 'Ben 10: Race Against Time' certainly qualifies as one such film that fits the profile. This film centres around twelve-year-old Ben Tennyson, who has the ability to turn into various alien forms for up to ten minutes at a time with the aid of his Omnitrix. After a summer of fighting aliens and saving the planet alongside his grandfather Max and his twelve-year-old cousin Gwen, Ben is now struggling with the normality of school. However, it seems the excitement is not over when a mysterious villain stalks Ben and is intent on possessing the Omnitrix for himself.I am not in the least familiar with 'Ben 10' so cannot really comment on how faithful this live-action film is to cartoon show and only on what I saw as an unbiased source! In terms of the actors, I thought Graham Phillips and Haley Ramm did a reasonable job in their respective roles as Ben and Gwen, depicting the characters in a realistic age-appropriate manner (although if Ben and Gwen meant to be only ten then they were a shade too old). Ben was prone to showing off, could be moody yet was brave and determined to protect those around him while Gwen was slightly more mature and equally as loyal but could be impatient and snippy, which is exactly how I see children of their age acting. In fact, it was actually refreshing to see children acting like children instead of mini teenagers (not one hint of teeny-bopper romance!) or cool, collected little adults who have the answer to everything. Lee Majors played the role of Max Tennyson, the steadfast and loving grandfather to the cousins, and he was effective as the character without over-shadowing the two child actors since this was more their show.In terms of negative aspects to the film, the CGI was terrible but I don't think you can expect multi-million pound Hollywood standards in a made-for-TV film for kids. There also seemed to be something wrong with Ben's parents since they acted like flaky, clueless freaks who had escaped from a Sixties hippie commune. It would have been more interesting to see them as normal, concerned parents who know there is something important going on in their son's life. And where were Gwen's parents since she seemed to just wander around like an orphan (which perhaps she is in the show) with no mention of them? It would also have been a nice addition to Gwen's character had she done a bit more in terms of the fighting.Overall, 'Ben 10: Race Against Time' is not going to win any Oscars nor is it a remake of 'The Godfather' or 'Citizen Kane' but it is an entertaining enough flick, especially for younger kids who like plenty of action and characters they can root for. It also isn't terrible enough that any adult, who has to watch it with their children or young siblings (or as background noise!), will feel the need to poke their eyes out.

Before this came out I had been a little curious as to the direction they were going to with it and, had there been more effort, this would have become a great addition to the Ben 10 universe. First off I would like to say that the special effects, although probably the best that a movie of this budget could go for, are pretty lame. The fact that only four of the heroes are shown makes me think that they just couldn't be bothered! To add to an already dull air, the cast were very bad and most of the adults were represented as big children. I did however enjoy Christien Anholt's performance as the intimidating and rather cold Eon and felt he did do the character justice.

Well, long story short, it sucked. I even just went and created an account to say what a POS it was.It IS at least a fairly decent storyline. Ben returns from his extremely extended summer to school. Eon wakes up from his slumber apparently JUST around the time when he goes back to school, he wants the power of the Omnitrix, yadda yadda yadda, we've all been here before. They need the power of the Omnitrix to do SOME important thing whether it means restoring something, conquering something, etc.Anyway, the acting, it was pretty rigid, there was no real emotion put into it, they sounded like they were reading directly off of cue cards and hadn't practiced their lines at all.Also, something that really peeved me, since I hadn't really gotten much out of the story in general, I looked forward to seeing how the aliens would be in 3d, well, to my disappointment, they only showed FOUR of the aliens throughout the ENTIRE movie! Cmon now, they only chose grey matter, heatblast, diamondhead, and wildmutt.He has about 6 other freaking aliens! (Not including cannon bolt and wildvine at least.) And considering that its AFTER the entire summer, he actually should have about 15-20! (During the whole ghostfreak Epoch.) I mean, they coulda at least done I dunno, fourarms, his most common choice, stinkfly, for I dunno, some sort of rescue off of a bridge.If you saw this, I feel really sorry for you, because you wasted over an hour of your life. This movie is something that somebody of my age could've just put together in the last second after procrastinating it for about a quarter of a year.In other words, THIS. MOVIE. SUCKED! Don't waste your time. The show is great, this movie was horrible.