![]() ![]() With daddy away on an errand, the boys begin playing the game that involves two racing tin rockets and a slot where cryptic message cards are ejected. ![]() Ten-year-old Walter (Josh Hutcherson), his 6-year-old rival brother Danny (Jonah Bobo) and their teenage sister Lisa (Kristen Stewart) are spending divorce visitation time with their father (Tim Robbins) when Danny discovers a ‘50s styled, pressed tin, wind-up board game called "Zathura." However, Jon Favreau shows confidence in the directing style of his third feature film (after "Made" and "Elf." Based on the children’s book by author Chris Van Allsburg ("Jumanji" and "The Polar Express"), "Zathura: A Space Adventure" is an example of why "deus ex machina" is one of the seven deadly sins of screenwriting. ![]()
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