Bomb Squad

2011 "Become the Hero"
Bomb Squad
3.5| 1h23m| en| More Info
Released: 25 February 2011 Released
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A group of siblings discover they have inherited Super-Powers from their imprisoned father. Questioning their fathers allegiance, they fight all odds to stay away from an evil Military General, who is bent on capturing them (www.imdb.com).

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Michael Ledo The film opens with 3 men in ski masks (and no gloves) robbing a guarded building of its glow sticks. On their way out they encounter the evil Wraith, a man in a black cloak hoodie and a cheap demon voice echo enhancer...oooooh scary, Darth Maul move over. These guys all have special powers, i.e. stop bullets, create fire, create lightning, and influence people with their glow in the dark contacts.The movie shifts to 8 years later. Two of the Freeman kids visit super dad in prison and he imparts some of his power to them who in turn touch their siblings who also get power, turning them into a mini "Fantastic Four" to the dismay of their doting mother. It is during their visit he recaps the plot, leaving a lot of stuff out so we feign interest. The acting was extremely bad. The plot reminded me of something I saw in an X-Men movie, with Uncle Sam hunting down the mutants. Bianca Freeman (Erin Kupay), who appears she might of had a year of drama studies, is the closet thing to an actor in this film. The title "Bomb Squad" is from a virtual game one of the pimply faced boys play. He wanted to call his group the "Bomb Squad" with cool, if not meaningless nicknames, but no one else wanted yo go along. So they weren't really called the Bomb Squad except to one kid...but hey what else are you going to call it? "Stolen X-Men Script" Who's going to watch that?The bad dialogue, acting, and filler material dragged down the film. These are things that a writer-director has control over and don't cost a dime more. Your ten year old might like it.No f-bombs, sex, or nudity.
Leofwine_draca BOMB SQUAD is an indie superhero flick aimed at a young adult audience. It feels a little like X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, which was the obvious inspiration here. The story is about a group of kids battling evil, and it does have a fast-paced plot that helps you take your mind off all the usual problems associated with independent cinema. The limited CGI effects offer cheesy fun but this film needed more oomph to be a success.
wilmod52 There are those who would disagree, but with only a $12,000 budget, I wouldn't consider this a B movie. It is well done and leaves me wanting to see a sequel. I am also fiftyish, have collected comic books, and grew up on 50's and 60's sci-fi. This movie is as good as any other movie of its genre with bigger budgets. Nick Chamberlin could very well be the Roger Corman of today (2011 until...). The acting could have been better, although I thought that the general and the captain were good. The script is as good as it can be and is well thought out. It is surprising that Bomb Squad is crafted so well with practically no money. It is a must watch for any budding filmmaker out there. They do not have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a good film.
Jon LaFleur I had an enjoyable time watching Bomb Squad and am hoping for a sequel, or that it gets made into a series. When you take into account that it had a 12k budget. (I cater for the entertainment industry and have invoiced the catering bill alone at over 12k on many productions.) Living close to Hollywood I see a lot of student productions and I feel this one did a good feature length movie for the price of a short or a commercial. That's a great accomplishment in itself. Then to have it come out good enough to leave the watcher wanting to see what happens next, that's better then a lot of high budget ones you see in theaters. It may look like a "made for TV" movie (to some)but hey I like TV. I'm a 50+ year old comic book kid. I did not read the review/comments first (thankfully) as too many gave spoilers or over critiqued everything (couch quarterbacks)and might have made me pass on a movie that I enjoyed.