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Ben 10: Race Against Time

Ben 10: Race Against Time

Action · Family · Science Fiction · 2008

Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.

Movie details

Ben 10: Race Against Time

“It's hero time!”

2008 Action · Family · Science Fiction 1h 7m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

4.2 / 10

5.6K votes

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

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Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Alex Winter

Written by

Mitch Watson · Tom Pugsley · Greg Klein

Graham Phillips

Graham Phillips

Ben Tennyson

Christien Anholt

Christien Anholt

Eon

Haley Ramm

Haley Ramm

Gwen Tennyson

Beth Littleford

Beth Littleford

Sandra Tennyson

Don McManus

Don McManus

Carl Tennyson

Sab Shimono

Sab Shimono

Old Man

Aloma Wright

Aloma Wright

Mrs. Dalton

Court is in session

Put Ben 10: Race Against Time on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.