Sky High Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

superb

my daughter Bethany really enjoyed this film. it is set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted.

young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.

It all begins at a secret school in the clouds like none on earth: Sky High, the first and only high school for kids with super-human powers going through crime-fighting puberty. At Sky High, the student body throw flames with their footballs, study Villainy with their Chemistry and are divided into Heroes and Sidekicks instead of jocks and geeks.

It's an out-of-this-world yet completely recognizable place where cool gadgetry, rampant bravery and awe-inspiring magical skills mix it up with parental battles, peer pressure and dating trouble--with explosively fun results. This year's class features some of the best, brightest and most powerfully gifted super-teens ever assembled. And then there's Will Stronghold. When you're the son of the world's most legendary super heroes, The Commander and Jetstream, people expect you to live up to the family name The problem is that Will is starting with no superpowers of his own and, worst of all, instead of joining the ranks of the Hero class, he finds himself relegated to being a Sidekick.

Now he must somehow survive his freshman year while dealing with an overbearing gym coach, a bully with super speed and a dangerous rebel with a grudge (and the ability to shoot fire from his hands)--not to mention the usual angst, parental expectations and girl problems that accompany teenage life. But when an evil villain threatens his family, friends and the very sanctity of Sky High, Will must use his newfound superpowers to save the day and prove himself a Hero worthy of the family tradition.

well worth renting out.

Should be good could be better

Sky High is the modern equivilent of the old Jocks and Nerds High School movies so common in the '80s.

This time following the glut of superhero movies the distinction is between Superheros and Sidekicks after that it's all a matter of the usual suspects turning up the beautiful best friend , lovable dorky friend, the fat and thin bullies, bitchy cheerleaders etc.

So imagine all the cliches of a typical high school movie but with super powered fights in there and you've pretty much got the film.

To be honest this has far more potential as a tv series but it is fun there's a cheesy super villain plot that's easy to see coming a mile off but that's not really the point.

This is a good fun movie and reasonably well acted by it's young cast as an in joke for the older staff the head mistress of the sky high super school is Linda Carter.