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Good Movie Lulu Wilson is a great actress and very cute

I Heard about this FILM. I have not watched a Lou Dimond Phillips Film in a Long time. So i thought OH OK it looked Cheesy but I will give it a WATCH. Very surprised it ACTUALLY was a Very Fast past FILM. Great Story the young girl was very Smart and taught a Cop a thing or Two LOL. She wanted to be a Cop so BAD she was SMARTER than him. I really enjoyed the Story line. Seeing Lue again was Cool to because I have not seen him in anything in a while and this FILM. It was way better then I expected it to be. Great FILM for a Family night as well. There was No Swearing, No Nudity, No Fuielty, PRETTY MUCH A FAMILY FILM. FROM THE AGES I WOULD SAY 10 and up. So if your a Family that likes Action, Comedy, No Fuel Language, FUNNY STUFF. ( There is a tiny bit of School picking on KIDS. But VERY VERY LITTLE BIT)-NOT TO THE POINT WHEN THE KID IS CRYING ABOUT IT. THE KID DEVENDES HIMSELF. So if your a PARENT looking for a Decent FILM. The way Film's are made in the Last 15 years. This is one of the Better ones in my option. Enjoy this FILM I give it a 8 out of 10. Because of course it was underrated. But that was WRONG BECAUSE IT WAS AND IS A GREAT FILM. NEVER LISTEN TO ROTTEN TOMATOES WHY????? Because they are THE WORST FOR RATING MOVIES. INJOY THIS FILM.

A sequel to a 24 year old film! I'm not talking a film like 'Blade Runner'. It was considered a flop, but the concept looked good, particularly for a children's film. This is not a follow up story. Entirely a new cast and a new situation. The story of a young girl Karina, influenced by her late cop father, she's interested in fighting, solving crimes. So she frequently ends up in the principal office in her school. On one day, she comes across a cop who is trying to follow a lead to a man responsible for a series of vandals around the city. This unusual team-up, sees an unexpected success, how it all happens that you should watch it to know.

The casting was decent, but the lead two guys were good. Particularly Lulu. Seems one of the future big star on making. The story, it's okayish. Predictable, but also enjoyable. Acceptable graphics, better one for television quality. There were lots of silly scenes, but overall a much entertaining film. Just a cinematic story, it does not make sense in the real world. A film that brings together kids and adults, a pure family film and a perfect weekend film. Such films do not make any harm, only you have to put aside a while your rational mind to have a good time.

6.5/10

I found this movie in Redbox and although it's not going to win any awards, I thought it was light fun and a movie that the whole family could enjoy.

Lou Diamond Phillips and Lulu Wilson are excellent in the lead roles here. Phillips portrays the veteran Detective Simmons, who doesn't have much use for the latest technologies. He'll get some help from the tech savvy 12-year-old Karina Foley whose late father was a policeman and it's a job she wants to eventually hold. By circumstance, they'll work together on a case where someone is pulling pranks at one municipal venue after another, threatening the town's popular annual festival. The quirky characters in the supporting cast add well to mix here also.

All in all, this comedy is a diversion from heavy dramas or action flicks, and surprisingly I found myself laughing quite a lot and enjoying the movie.

The original film had Burt Reynolds and Norman D. Golden II as mismatched partners. The producers here have updated the idea by replacing the Southern Gentleman and African American boy, and added more fancy toys for the villain to play with.

The antics wouldn't look out of place in a Spy Kids movie; the adults are idiots and only tech savvy and self appointed Hall Monitor, Karina can put the pieces together to solve a vexxing case that is more about humour than anything too deadly, which given its audience is PG, that's not really a surprise. It just wouldn't work if there was a body count, and it could even have made better sense to include a reason why that was; the villain was just a rubbish shot or was searching for some targeting-thingy and then they'd be unstoppable. Instead you have early Bond style lucky escapes that look a bit cheesy.

Lou Diamond Phillips is not bad as the conflicted Detective, seemingly playing both the driven John McClane and the conflicted Al Powell roles. Adverse to new technology - still using a flip phone - and instead used to old school methods.

In contrast, Lulu Wilson is very animated. Practically practically always on her phone and able to pull the story along with sequential "Eureka" moments; something happens in her normal life that gives her an idea to crack the case. Her phone itself is pretty amazing, and at times the action sequences and CGI were more believable than what she was doing with her iPhone.

Given the Captain was more mock hard ass, I wish it would have been Wendie Malick, though maybe that's because I remember Janet Kidder from her role in Arrow. And I wish they'd included Gina Holden as Sarah Foley a bit more; yes, the main plot revolves around the relationship her daughter and Detective Simmons builds, but apart for maybe one scene, mom seemingly has no interaction with daughter.

An OK, gunge style, kids film that fortunately went easy on the cartoon sound effects and over the top make up.