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** He later stated he felt it was too restricted by the BBFC's PG Rating, as seen by how he didn't like the LighterAndSofter take on his series.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Anthony Horowitz didn't like the LighterAndSofter take on his series, stating that he wanted the film to be "scary". He seems to be more favorable to the Amazon Prime rebooted series.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Anthony Horowitz didn't like the LighterAndSofter take on his series, stating that he wanted the film to be "scary". He seems to be more favorable to the Amazon Prime rebooted series. Ironically, it was a SelfAdaptation, albeit one affected by ExecutiveMeddling.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870. The film realistically needed to be at least a modest hit in both the UK and the US in order to be profitable, but only grossed a mediocre-at-best $13 million, suffering from competition with both ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.[[note]](Even bearing in mind cinema audiences in the UK are a fraction of the those in the US, just to give some perspective, ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' opened the following week, ultimately made about $29 million in the UK, and that wasn't considered a smash hit by any means)[[/note]] And its Stateside release turned into an unmitigated disaster, with The Weinstein Company dumping it in a limited early October release and grossing a paltry ''$677,646''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870. The film realistically needed to be at least a modest hit in both the UK and the US in order to be profitable, but only grossed a mediocre-at-best $13 million, million in the former country, suffering from competition with both ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.[[note]](Even bearing in mind cinema audiences in the UK are a fraction of the those in the US, just to give some perspective, ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' opened the following week, ultimately made about $29 million in the UK, and that wasn't considered a smash hit by any means)[[/note]] And its Stateside release turned into an unmitigated disaster, with The Weinstein Company dumping it in a limited early October release and grossing a paltry ''$677,646''.
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* ConclusionInAnotherMedium: The graphic novel adaptation of the film continued to adapt later books in the series even though no more films were made, and have reached the sixth book as of 2020. Most importantly, they answer the question of how Sabina would have been used in the later films, as her AdaptationalEarlyAppearance would have caused what would have seemed to be an insurmountable ContinuitySnarl in ''Eagle Strike''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870. The film realistically needed to be at least a modest hit in both the UK and the US in order to be profitable, but only grossed a mediocre-at-best $13 million, suffering from competition with both ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.[[note]](Even bearing in mind cinema audiences in the UK are a fraction of the those in the US, just to give some perspective, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' opened the following week, ultimately made about $29 million in the UK, and that wasn't considered a smash hit by any means)[[/note]] And its Stateside release turned into an unmitigated disaster, with The Weinstein Company dumping it in a limited early October release and grossing a paltry ''$677,646''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870. The film realistically needed to be at least a modest hit in both the UK and the US in order to be profitable, but only grossed a mediocre-at-best $13 million, suffering from competition with both ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.[[note]](Even bearing in mind cinema audiences in the UK are a fraction of the those in the US, just to give some perspective, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' opened the following week, ultimately made about $29 million in the UK, and that wasn't considered a smash hit by any means)[[/note]] And its Stateside release turned into an unmitigated disaster, with The Weinstein Company dumping it in a limited early October release and grossing a paltry ''$677,646''.
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* CreatorBacklash: Horowitz, who wrote the script, admitted that the novels don't translate well to the big screen, and thus plans for a series of film adaptations were dropped altogether.
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* OldShame: Horowitz admitted that the novels don't translate well to the big screen, and thus plans for a series of film adaptations were dropped altogether.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870. The film realistically needed to be at least a modest hit in both the UK and the US in order to be profitable, but only crossed a mediocre-at-best $13 million, suffering from competition with both ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.[[note]](Even bearing in mind cinema audiences in the UK are a fraction of the those in the US, just to give some perspective, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' opened the following week, ultimately made about $29 million in the UK, and that wasn't considered a smash hit by any means)[[/note]] And its Stateside release turned into an unmitigated disaster, with The Weinstein Company dumping it in a limited early October release and grossing a paltry ''$677,646''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870. The film realistically needed to be at least a modest hit in both the UK and the US in order to be profitable, but only crossed grossed a mediocre-at-best $13 million, suffering from competition with both ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.[[note]](Even bearing in mind cinema audiences in the UK are a fraction of the those in the US, just to give some perspective, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' opened the following week, ultimately made about $29 million in the UK, and that wasn't considered a smash hit by any means)[[/note]] And its Stateside release turned into an unmitigated disaster, with The Weinstein Company dumping it in a limited early October release and grossing a paltry ''$677,646''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870. The film realistically needed to be at least a modest hit in both the UK and the US in order to be profitable, but only crossed a mediocre-at-best $13 million, suffering from competition with both ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.[[note]](Even bearing in mind cinema audiences in the UK are a fraction of the those in the US, just to give some perspective, ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' opened the following week, ultimately made about $29 million in the UK, and that wasn't considered a smash hit by any means)[[/note]] And its Stateside release turned into an unmitigated disaster, with The Weinstein Company dumping it in a limited early October release and grossing a paltry ''$677,646''.
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* AdvertisedExtra:
** Creator/EwanMcGregor appears in the first five minutes, save for photographs, despite prominent billing.
** Sarah Bolger is on the poster and got a lot of hype about appearing (as this was her first big blockbuster after ''Film/InAmerica''). Sabina is only in the opening scene and doesn't come into things until the end again.
** Creator/EwanMcGregor appears in the first five minutes, save for photographs, despite prominent billing.
** Sarah Bolger is on the poster and got a lot of hype about appearing (as this was her first big blockbuster after ''Film/InAmerica''). Sabina is only in the opening scene and doesn't come into things until the end again.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Alex's hair alone immediately dates this movie to the 2000s. But the then-state of the art technology includes no smartphones and very obvious 2000s flip phones - and they think they'll be able to pass Alex off as a contest winner purely with an altered magazine cover, and no mention of social media profiles etc. Alex is also given a Nintendo DS, with then-current releases.
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* CreatorBacklash: Anthony Horowitz didn't like the LighterAndSofter take on his series, stating that he wanted the film to be "scary".
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* FakeBrit: Sabina is played by Irish actress Creator/SarahBolger.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Anthony Horowitz didn't like the LighterAndSofter take on his series, stating that he wanted the film to be "scary". He seems to be more favorable to the Amazon Prime rebooted series.
* FakeBrit: Sabina is played by Irish actress Creator/SarahBolger. Weirdly enough, for the American trailers, her voice was dubbed over with an American accent that's clearly not hers (she's played many {{Fake American}}s too).
* FakeBrit: Sabina is played by Irish actress Creator/SarahBolger. Weirdly enough, for the American trailers, her voice was dubbed over with an American accent that's clearly not hers (she's played many {{Fake American}}s too).
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* FollowTheLeader: A potential franchise very obviously following the lead of the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: A car chase scene from the book had to be changed, because Alex Pettyfer was only fifteen and therefore not legally allowed to drive. It was changed to a horse chase sequence.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: A car chase scene from the book had to be changed, because Alex Pettyfer was only fifteen and therefore not legally allowed to drive. It was changed to a horse chase sequence.
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* SelfAdaptation: Anthony Horowitz wrote the screenplay himself.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Alex's hair alone immediately dates this movie to the 2000s. But the then-state of the art technology includes no smartphones and very obvious 2000s flip phones - and they think they'll be able to pass Alex off as a contest winner purely with an altered magazine cover, and no mention of social media profiles etc. Alex is also given a Nintendo DS, with then-current releases.
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From what little I saw of the film, I can sympathize with Horowitz. What I loved about the books was that it read like a Bond film and this kid's film didn't do the books justice.
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* CreatorBacklash: Anthony Horowitz didn't like the LighterAndSofter take on his series, stating that he wanted the film to be "scary".
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* DawsonCasting: Averted - both Alex Pettyfer and Sarah Bolger were teenagers like their characters. The former was even too young to drive a car for a scene that required it.
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* OldShame: Horowitz admitted that the novels don't translate well to the big screen, and thus plans for a series of film adaptations were dropped altogether.
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** Ewan [=McGregor=] appears in the first five minutes, save for photographs, despite prominent billing.
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** Ewan [=McGregor=] Creator/EwanMcGregor appears in the first five minutes, save for photographs, despite prominent billing.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $40 million. Box office, $23,937,870.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The book features a car chase. But due to Alex Pettyfer being underage, it was changed to a horse race instead.
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* VacationDearBoy: Mickey Rourke took the role of Darius to be able to hang out in the UK.
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* VacationDearBoy: Mickey Rourke Creator/MickeyRourke took the role of Darius to be able to hang out in the UK.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Ewan [=McGregor=] appears in the first five minutes, save for photographs, despite prominent billing.
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** Sarah Bolger is on the poster and got a lot of hype about appearing (as this was her first big blockbuster after ''Film/InAmerica''). Sabina is only in the opening scene and doesn't come into things until the end again.
** Ewan [=McGregor=] appears in the first five minutes, save for photographs, despite prominent
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* RealityWritesTheStory: The book features a car chase. But due to Alex Pettyfer being underage, it was changed to a horse race instead.
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* RealityWritesTheStory: RealLifeWritesThePlot: The book features a car chase. But due to Alex Pettyfer being underage, it was changed to a horse race instead.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Much of the Cornwall and Brecon Beacons scenes were shot on the Isle of Man.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Ewan [=McGregor=] appears in the first five minutes, save for photographs, despite prominent billing.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Much of the Cornwall and Brecon Beacons scenes were shot on the Isle of Man. The scenes in London however were all shot on location.
* TheDanza: Alex Pettyfer plays Alex Rider.
* DawsonCasting: Averted - both Alex Pettyfer and Sarah Bolger were teenagers like their characters. The former was even too young to drive a car for a scene that required it.
* FakeBrit: Sabina is played by Irish actress Creator/SarahBolger.
* FakeNationality: The British Creator/DamianLewis plays the Russian Yassen Gregorovich.
* RealityWritesTheStory: The book features a car chase. But due to Alex Pettyfer being underage, it was changed to a horse race instead.
* StarMakingRole: Despite the poor performance of the film, it did net Alex Pettyfer a lot more attention.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Much of the Cornwall and Brecon Beacons scenes were shot on the Isle of Man. The scenes in London however were all shot on location.
* TheDanza: Alex Pettyfer plays Alex Rider.
* DawsonCasting: Averted - both Alex Pettyfer and Sarah Bolger were teenagers like their characters. The former was even too young to drive a car for a scene that required it.
* FakeBrit: Sabina is played by Irish actress Creator/SarahBolger.
* FakeNationality: The British Creator/DamianLewis plays the Russian Yassen Gregorovich.
* RealityWritesTheStory: The book features a car chase. But due to Alex Pettyfer being underage, it was changed to a horse race instead.
* StarMakingRole: Despite the poor performance of the film, it did net Alex Pettyfer a lot more attention.
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* VacationDearBoy: Mickey Rourke took the role of Darius to be able to hang out in the UK.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Much of the Cornwall and Brecon Beacons scenes were shot on the Isle of Man.
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* StillbornFranchise: This film was intended to be the first of a series, but due to poor box office returns, it never happened.
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