I like a superhero movie as much as the next person, but not when it is this bad. Zoom for me is a contender for the worst superhero movie ever. Peter Hewitt has done some good films, The Borrowers is delightful and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is one of the best sequels out there, but his direction here is very inept. Hewitt's direction is not the worst asset of Zoom though. The script is dire, while the juvenile humour gets embarrassing fast, the best it gets is the gag reel at the end and even that was lame. The story is lame and predictable, the action is special-effects driven mostly and it is badly done and the pace is rushed. The acting is simply terrible, Tim Allen is a talented actor but he goes through the motions, Courtney Cox is wasted and Chevvy Chase is simply embarrassing. All in all, just dismal and a chore to sit through. 1/10 Bethany Cox

I had some tears in my eyes watching Zoom this evening. Not because of the quality of the film which I found good and entertaining. But because it took me back over 10 year to someone who was really into superheroes and the comic books that popularized them.

The late Roy Gomez did not have a great time in the brief span he had on Earth. He and his sister were taken from their parents and placed in a group home which he hated his whole life. In the time I knew him, the one thing he always told me was how he wished he had a family. He ran away from the home when he was 16.

What his venue of escape from a life that included drug addiction and AIDS were his comic books. He discovered the world of superheroes while in the group home. He knew and followed every one of them. He loved science fiction as well and was as addicted to Star Trek as he was with crack.

Every time I see a film involving superheroes with the computer generated special effects that were unheard of in my youth I do think of Roy and how he loved these films. But this one especially got me.

It was the way Tim Allen and Courtney Cox created a family like atmosphere for the gifted kids in their charge. They trained them, but also shielded and protected them from those who would exploit them. I thought this was what Roy dreamed about as a kid, someone to take and adopt him into just such a group.

Roy died in 1996 at the age of 26. He would have LOVED seeing the film adaptions of The Punisher, The Fantastic Four, the new Superman. But I think he would have really enjoyed this film.

So thank you Tim Allen, Courtney Cox and all those involved in the making of Zoom. And Roy, this one was for you.

Jack Shepard (Tim Allen) is disillusioned bitter former super-speed superhero and sole survivor Captain Zoom of Team Zenith. Dr. Grant (Chevy Chase) exposed the team to Gamma-13 which turned older brother Connor/Concussion to the dark side 30 years ago destroying the team. Now General Larraby (Rip Torn) in Area 52 and Grant bring back Jack with the help of psychologist Marsha Holloway (Courteney Cox) to train a new group of kids. Dylan West (Michael Cassidy) is a teen with invisibility and clairvoyance. Summer Jones (Kate Mara) has telekinetic powers and empathic senses. Tucker Williams (Spencer Breslin) can blow up parts of his body. Little Cindy Collins (Ryan Newman) has super strength.

Tim Allen is too bitter and sarcastic. Chevy Chase is silly without being funny. He's just a pathetic shadow of his former self. The adults are the problem of this movie. This needs to be about the kids. The little girl is actually quite funny. The kids need more screen time to develop. This is simply a badly thought out comic book movie.