Diagonaldi Very well executed

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

taher_syed I will admittedly mention a few spoilers upfront so brace yourself.When I was a young lad about 8 years old, I remembered a scene of the main character, Andrew, having superpowers like super speed and getting shot into his arm with a needle by his best friend, Dr. Jeff Cote and the needle just being destroyed. These are the fond memories of the TV series.Fast forward about 2.5 decades later, and I thought I'd catch up with the show I was somewhat fond of.As a grown man watching this show, the show was rather cheesy and was mostly for children from my strongest opinion. If I had to describe the series, it was boring, cheesy, lame plots and what really sucked the most was that the season finales did not ever have any cliffhangers and it was just boring plots filling the gap to just make a show.However the characters I most admired would have been Dr. Jeff Cote, a mild mannered yet brilliant scientist who could be described as Einstein but in reality if he ever existed would have won a Nobel prize for creating a plasma ray that gave his young friend, Andrew, the human feat superpowers we all would dream to ever have.The other character I found interesting since season 2 would be Kirk who in my best description would be seen as a girl chasing "bad-ass". I would compare Andrew to be a woos in personality with super powers and Kirk with no super powers more of a daredevil personality.The plots were just so boring I had to force myself to watch the episodes. I mean there were some good story lines in season 2 but by season 3 I read the episode description and God! they were so boring I just deleted the whole season off of my computer I didn't think twice to give it a chance (and I thought Family Matters and Full House was cheesy enough)! Anyway, more about the show, in season 1, the acting was just bad in the sense that logically Andrew is doing things that the bad guys did not even question "how he is doing it". Don't believe me?? Friends, watch the end of season 1 episode 1....it was SO ridiculous that I only wonder how it even made it to 3 seasons but at the same time, understand why it never got passed 3 seasons, too.I think the show was just more of a family time series and not any real daredevil adventurous series finale cliff hangers like a science fiction TV series should be nowadays.The introduction theme song sucked. Andrew's character was also very immature, especially in season 1; but I guess he improved since season 2.Lol they had a dog only in the pilot episode, but kept the dog in the theme song of season 1, where the hell did the dog go anyway?? I guess the supporting characters were okay like the annoying neighbor that Dr. Jeff Cote had.Personally, I know that it is just a TV show but if this was real life, okay even if it was a TV show, I would have zapped myself (if I was Dr. Jeff Cote, and given super powers to myself). Seriously who wouldn't?? What are you going to do with a ray shooting beam gun and leave one child to "accidentally" falls into the beam ray and becomes a "super hero". Realistically, if I was the doctor that invented that gun, let me tell you, I would have taken away his powers so fast that he wouldn't even have a chance to use his powers (But I know then what would be the point of the show and title itself)? Yes I am just blabbing now. I never understood what he would have ever done with the beam ray in the entire series; it was never foretold what was the purpose of it besides the main character getting super powers from it.Finally, what really was bad is that Andrew couldn't even tell his own mother who should at least have known about it; I don't see what kind of threat it would be if she knew about it. In general, he couldn't disclose what his super powers he had to anybody. Understandably then the word would be out and everyone would want to have that kind of ability but if I was the writer here is how I would change some things 1. Leave cliffhangers to build on the show for the next upcoming seasons 2. Have an arch nemesis that will retrieve similar powers as Andrew but even more to be a decent kind of enemy on the show.That is my review. Please let me know what you guys think and hope this was helpful to you before you go out to Netflix and download it or whatever.

bigdinosaur I chanced upon this series in an odd way: I had a foster boy who the kids called 'Clements' (his name was Jesse Martin) and I didn't know why until I saw this show. He was a dead ringer for Jerry O'Connell at that age. (He doesn't look like him any more---thank God!).We all started watching this series (and ribbing Jesse as much as possible). Rarely did we miss an episode. And, although it seemed to decline some in the last season, it had a spirit not found in similar type shows. In my opinion, the first season seemed to be the best. I wasn't overly fond of Bolton who played O'Connell's best friend in the 2nd and 3rd season.Personally, I like Jerry O'Connell (esp. Sliders). His kid movies have always had a special presence that stood out. (Even to the singing cockroaches in 'Joe's Apartment'.) The kid was a good actor---unlike most kid actors these days.Also, the combo of O'Connell and Derek McGrath (Dr. Jeffcoat) was ideal and kept this series from ever being boring. For a low-budget production, they did a fantastic job.The only faults I can find with this series are that there should have been more use made of O'Connell's super powers. (Some episodes had only a brief, almost unnecessary, use of his powers.) And, some of the guest actors were horrible!.This series is now running on the Space channel (from Bell Expressvu). It airs on Monday mornings at 4:30am Mountain Time. As of the date of this review they have just started the first season again.

Raz_Dak I remember "My Secret Identity" with Jerry O'Connell. This was a really cool show from the late 80s and very early 1990s that revolved around a 13 year old kid named Andrew Clements that gets superpowers from his nerdy next door neighbor's plant growing laser beam. The series seemed to revel in it's campy setting, and there were plenty of injokes for comic book fans. Jerry O'Connell did this show after "Stand By Me" but before "Sliders", "Jerry Maguire" or any of his really big hits from the mid 90s to the present, so he was a recognizable 13 year old name but not a huge, elite name at the time. And while he was no longer "the fat kid" like he was in "Stand By Me", he didn't yet look like some big studly jock, so the character of Andrew Clements had a very believable dorky aspect to him.Andrew like most 13 year olds, just loves the idea of having superpowers. He's not like many heroes who hates having the powers and the responsibility of being a hero. For Andrew it's the greatest thing in the world to be a superhero, he even calls himself "Ultraman", but in a move that grounded the series in some mode of reality...he never goes public with his powers, only him and Dr. Jeffcoat (whome he calls Dr. J in a very dated reference now) know about the powers...ala "The Greatest American Hero". I think what ruined the series was when Andrew moved from middle school to high school and sprouted into this big, 5'10+ hulking guy. Jerry O'Connell blossomed into this huge athlete and no longer came across as the uber geek anymore during the 1990-1991 final season. That best friend he had was just plain annoying, it seemed like Andrew lost some of his friendship with Dr. J and hung out more with his new high school pal. The magic was just gone as a result of the kid getting older and losing his innocence. But watch the 1988-1990 part of the series, especially the first season, it was a very different and unique series about a middle school boy that is as excited as ever about getting superpowers.

mack3175 All superheros had to start somewhere. This entertaining series is about Andrew Clements(Jerry O'Connell). An ordinary teenager with a love for superhero comics, One day visits his scientist friend Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate(played comically well by Derek Mcgrath), gets hit by a photon beam, and gets superpower, like some of the superheros he reads about in comics. But Andrew has yet to become a superhero. He must use his superpowers for one thing first, surviving High School. A good series, and a good premise. But has Jerry O'Connell got older, the series began to wear it self out. This inspired another show with a similar premise called The Secret World Of Alex Mack.