Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Hurley, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But the government shuts them down and they are sentenced to a pet shop. Can they escape to defeat the villain and save the world?
G-Force is a disposable family action-comedy that leans heavily on a gimmicky premise without doing much that's inventive with it. The plot is formulaic spy-movie fare transplanted onto CGI guinea pigs, with predictable beats and a twist villain that doesn't land. Voice acting from its recognizable cast is serviceable but unremarkable. Cinematography is competent blockbuster fare with decent action staging and the CGI integration into live-action is passable for its era. Novelty is low — the 'animals as secret agents' concept was well-worn by 2009 and the execution doesn't distinguish itself. The ending is a by-the-numbers resolution that wraps everything up too neatly with no real stakes.