The premise may seem far-fetched, but not if you consider that Morocco offered bomb-sniffing monkeys to the “coalition of the willing” for the Iraq War. The leader of the G-Force team is an unconventional human scientist named Ben. The guinea pigs are cast as racial stereotypes.
G-Force is a furball of a film about guinea pigs who are trained to be spies, and somehow never makes a joke about Richard Gere.
Since the rodents are so inconspicuous, they are able to sneak into an enemy base and escape without detection. Not only that, but they are assisted by other animals, with insects doing recon, while a mole does the tech support.
The premise may seem far-fetched, but not if you consider that Morocco offered bomb-sniffing monkeys to the “coalition of the willing” for the Iraq War. The leader of the G-Force team is an unconventional human scientist named Ben. The guinea pigs are cast as racial stereotypes, with Tracey Morgan contributing his gangsta ‘tude, and Penelope Cruz parodying her Spanish accent more than the Taco Bell Chihuahua.
There is quickly a dispute between Ben and the FBI pending a budgetary review. As “cool” as the concept of spy guinea pigs may be, the federal government doubts that they offer any practical contribution to preventing terrorism. Perhaps they fear a reprisal from terrorists who’ve seen Snakes on a Plane.
So Ben decides to execute a pre-emptive infiltration of an evil corporation which is suspected of illicit activity. The ominous bad guy is a computer hacking CEO of the Saber Corporation. His evil plan involves using some sort of blue-tooth type technology to allow home appliances to be susceptible to a computer virus. At first, the team isn’t able to comprehend how manipulating home appliances would be used for evil. Clearly, these guys have never had to endure drinking a cup of burnt coffee. Anyways, they fail to obtain the data they need, and the sorely disappointed FBI shuts them down. Next thing you know, they’re in a pet shop – likely just avoiding a Chinese food kitchen.
Eventually two bratty siblings come to buy them, who seem to be the poster children for animal abuse. The brother throws one guinea pig into a cage with a hungry snake, and another is forced into daredevil stunts with a remote controlled car. The sister takes the girl guinea pig and dresses her up in more pink than Princess peach. The SPCA would gasp at such horrors, and should do everything within their power to arrest these monsters.
Luckily the G-Force escapes and gets back to the “plot”, as they discover the main purpose of the virus. Apparently, the appliances were robots in disguise, which transform into a mechanical army determined to exterminate humanity. A blatant rip off of Transformers ensues, and mechanical abominations made out of toasters and microwaves walk the earth. The only thing that would make it any tackier is if a few Cylon Centurions and Terminators started running around.
The film wraps up as they shut down the mechanical revolution with a counter virus. They prove themselves to the FBI as an essential asset and proudly celebrate their success with a disco party.
In conclusion, this movie seems like it was based on two lame franchises that were combined into one irritating hybrid. Disney probably realized it had lost the gravy train with its annoying Spy Kids sequels. So they decided to meld it with the recent popularity of the Alvin and the Chipmunk movies produced by Fox. So they end up with a ridiculous ad-lib script about Guinea-pig spies. They could’ve just as easily made it about Ninja Dolphins or Acrobat Koalas.
Either way, while no adult wants to see this CGI-rendered eye candy, no doubt their hyperactive kids will. Unfortunately, it holds no comparison to 007 or even MacGyver.
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