

When Concussion returns, Larraby fires a neutralizing net at him, but the former blasts it away towards Cindy. Upon arriving, Zoom resolves to face Concussion alone, but Team Zenith refuse to abandon him. A horrified Zoom asks Marsha to help him rescue the children and travel to Concussion's location. Hours before Concussion's return, Zoom helps Dylan unlock a new ability dubbed " mindsight", which he uses to pinpoint where Concussion will emerge and learn the military intends to expose the new Team Zenith to Gamma-13 and use them as a distraction so they can test new weaponry on Concussion. After the team confront Zoom over his failings, they reconcile and slowly improve their abilities. Over the course of the team's training, Marsha and the recruits become disappointed by Zoom's bitter and sarcastic personality, Dylan mounts failed escape attempts, and Tucker struggles with self-esteem issues and controlling his powers. Zenith military officer General Larraby commissions the formation of a new Team Zenith, recruiting a reluctant Zoom as an instructor and Marsha Holloway, a clumsy psychologist and a fan of the original Team Zenith's comic books.įollowing a round of auditions, the Zenith project recruits teenagers Dylan West and Summer Jones, who possess invisibility and telekinesis respectively, and children Tucker Williams and Cindy Collins, who possess self-inflation and super-strength respectively. Ed Grant discovers Concussion is still alive, having been trapped in a dimensional rift, and is returning to Earth. In the present, original Zenith Project scientist Dr. Zoom seemingly killed Concussion in turn via a vortex, but lost his powers. Zoom became faster and stronger, but Concussion suffered a psychotic break and killed his teammates. military used experimental "Gamma-13" radiation to enhance the Shepards' powers. Thirty years prior, Team Zenith, led by the Shepard brothers Jack / "Captain Zoom" and Connor / "Concussion", fought to protect the world from various threats until the U.S. Zoom was nominated for one Razzie Award, Worst Actor for Tim Allen (also nominated for The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and The Shaggy Dog), but he lost to the Wayans brothers Marlon and Shawn Wayans for Little Man. Released theatrically on Augby Columbia Pictures, the film was panned by critics and was a box-office bomb, earning $12.5 million on a $75.6 million budget. In the film, a former superhero is dragged into training four superpowered youths to become superheroes and combat an approaching threat. Based upon the children's book Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy by Jason Lethcoe, the film stars Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin and Rip Torn. Zoom (also known as Zoom: Academy for Superheroes) is a 2006 American superhero comedy film directed by Peter Hewitt and written by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum.
