Review of Sky High

Sky High (2005)
Just good, fun Disney entertainment.
18 December 2005
Warning: Spoilers
The DVD has a very nice widescreen presentation, with excellent use of surround sound. Pictures are sharp and colors vivid.

Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston are just your normal couple living in the suburbs and selling real estate. They also happen to be superheros, called into action when the situation requires. He is super strong, she flies, together they make an unbeatable team. So their son Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) surely must be destined for super great things also, since both of his parents are so super.

So, the main of this movie takes place at the high school aptly called Sky High, on a big structure floating high above the clouds (but not so high that you can't breathe, must be 10,000 ft or lower) by use of "anti gravity" technology. Will and his other friends who have super parents are incoming freshmen at this super secret school, where they have to demonstrate their "power" on the first day, to see if they will go into superhero training, or "sidekick" training.

There is nothing to be taken serious here. But the kids have the usual high school issues, with teachers and other kids. The big question is whether Will really does have super powers.

SPOILERS. Will exercises in his room, but isn't particularly strong. He can't tell dad, it would disappoint him too much. So, destined for the sidekick group, something happens that causes his super strength, like his dad, to sprout suddenly, making him the hero of the downtrodden at school. An evil infiltrator threatens Will, his parents, and even Sky High, but Will saves the day. In the end, he even finds out he can fly, after being flung off Sky High, falling into nothingness.
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