A very delightful and highly entertaining and fast paced movie accompanied by great 1970's tunes (yes, there were a few great songs scattered in between disco).This movie was a cross between Stand by Me (a group of kids - boys plus one girl who is played by Elle Fanning, Dakota's sister - witness a train explosion caused by a pickup truck driving on the tracks right in the trains' path. They see this while they are filming their own movie and this story line flows along with the main plot and it also contributes to a great ending while the credits are rolling - so don't leave the theater early.)
so where was i? oh, yes, a cross between Stand by Me and helping E.T. to get home; only in this case its a metal alien.
There's a pre-teen budding romance, and of course, the big bad military who are hiding the secret of the train wreck, and great dialogue especially among the boys, and a nice thread of parent - child relations and wonderful explosions and tension as the boys go about solving the mystery.
I gave the movie an 8 and Bill gave it a 9.
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