“準備はパーフェクト。今度はもっとスゴいぞ。 新しい子がやってきた。”
国際的な犯罪グループが盗んだマイクロチップが移送中に空港で間違えられ、シカゴの高級住宅街に住む老婦人の手に渡る。それを知った彼らはチップを取り返すべく、さっそく住宅街の捜索を開始する。日中はほぼ無人と化す住宅街だったが、そんな彼らの行動を、病気で学校を休んでいたアレックス少年が発見。警察に通報したがまったく相手にされず、アレックスは自分独りで悪者たちに立ち向かう決心をする。
製作費: $32,000,000 (48億円)
興行収入: $79,082,515 (119億円)
推定収支: $47,082,515 (71億円)
※製作費・興行収入はTMDBのデータを参照しています。収支は(興行収入 - 製作費)で算出したFindKey独自の推定値であり、広告宣伝費や諸経費は含まれません (1ドル=150円換算)。
監督: Raja Gosnell
脚本: John Hughes
制作: John Hughes / Hilton A. Green / Ricardo Mestres
撮影監督: Julio Macat
制作会社: 20th Century Fox / Hughes Entertainment
Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend. This kid definitely isn't Macaulay Culkin, but Alex D. Linz was able to carry this movie, and he did it again in "Max Keeble's Big Move". I'll be honest I re-watched this because "Hot Ones" mentioned Scarlett Johansson was in it, and I couldn't remember that. She has a bit role, but even back then (possibly unrefined, the role didn't have a lot to work with) she was a big personality in a small role. She has one, brief, powerful scene that would really be worth remembering: most of it is the messing up the burglars. This has a very different vibe than the first 2 movies. While Kevin was isolated and unable to get help, Alex starts by doing everything right to get help, but no one believes him so he feels forced to "do the right thing". However it manifests in almost a psychotic fashion. Of course, almost everything that happens in this movie should kill someone, but doesn't. It also had a very easy out: at any time Alex could give the chip up, and it would be over, the bad guys leave the country: he's heavily volunteering for this carnage. Kevin was being targeted, he saw their faces and was actually defending himself and his home because the "wet bandits" were coming for HIM. Ultimately it's fun and charming, and interesting what the limits of technology were back in 1997 with cellphones and pagers, RC cars with block long range, but not wireless cameras, but remote control gizmos that can turn on the neighbors tv. The biggest problem I have with it is that his brother's bird is basically as smart a person, having conversations, and taking bribes (or insisting on being paid at least), and the worst bit is that I know there are people with birds as smart as that. I'm not sure if it would be a Conure, but I don't deal in parrots. That said, it's not overly hilarious, it's not bad, but it's just not great either.
