Zathura: A Space Adventure

(2005)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 3,702 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Family

Year: 2005

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джон Фавро

Cast: Джош Хатчерсон, Jonah Bobo, Дэкс Шепард, Кристен Стюарт, Тим Роббинс, Фрэнк Оз, John Alexander, Дерек Мирс, Дуглас Тейт, Джо Букаро III

Plot

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

An old and forgotten game develops magical powers in this fantasy for the whole family. Ten-year-old Walter Budwing (Josh Hutcherson) and his younger brother, Danny (Jonah Bobo), figure they're going to be in for a boring time when their father (Tim Robbins), who was supposed to spend the day with them, is suddenly called away on business, and gives them strict orders not to leave the house. Walter, who doesn't have much use for Danny, is motivated by boredom more than anything else when he agrees to play a board game Danny has found in the basement during a round of hide-and-seek. However, the boys quickly discover the space-themed game Zathura has some unusual qualities -- a roll of the dice unexpectedly launches the Budwing home into outer space, and Walter and Danny are suddenly fending off menacing robots, angry aliens, and showers of interstellar debris outside the Earth's atmosphere. As the boys try to figure out a way back home, they get some unexpected help from an earthling astronaut (Dax Shepard) who has also lost his way.