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A movie review by Dustin Putman

An irritating 83-minute music montage posing as a feature film, Zoom is the worst family release so far this year. Loud, unctuous and outdated with hit pop-rock songs from three to five years ago, director Peter Hewitt (2004's "Garfield") and screenwriters Adam Rifkin (1998's "Small Soldiers") and Michael Berenbaum (2003's "Elf") also blatantly rip off Marvel's "X-Men" comic as well as 2005's "Sky High," both of which resemble the Second Coming in comparison to this worthless junk pile of a superhero comedy.

Nearly plotless and always aimless, "Zoom" stars Tim Allen (2006's "The Shaggy Dog") as Jack Shepard, an auto mechanic who was once a powerful and revered superhero named Captain Zoom. He is called out of retirement by the geeky Marsha Holloway (Courteney Cox) and scientist Dr. Grant (Chevy Chase), who have been instructed by General Larraby (Rip Torn) to bring Jack back to their secret Area 52 facility in order to train a chosen group of superpowered youngsters. Jack slowly learns to let go of his defenses.

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