Clockstoppers

A disaffected teen bonds with his dad and saves the world in this vapid sci-fi/action picture aimed at tweens. High school slacker Zak Gibbs (Jesse Bradford) thinks his father (Robin Thomas), a physics professor, cares more for his science geeks than his own kids. Jesse's been saving to buy a car, but Dad's more interested in the gizmo that former student Earl Dopler (French Stewart) just sent him: It looks like a watch, but it's really a "particle accelerator" that speeds up the wearer's metabolism so much that the surrounding world seems to stand still: Think DC superhero The Flash. While Dad's off at a science convention, Zak accidentally gets his hands on the wat...