Review of Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009) by Christo A — 30 Apr 2015

It might be a bit late for me to watch this movie, since I only found out about it couple months ago, but It wasn't bad. I see a lot of potential in the Ben10 franchise to become as big as Avengers or Justice League, and this movie secures my point.

Don't know why anyone hasn't paid attention to it. I haven't been following the Ben10 Ultimate Alien series that much, but I can see the resemblance. The actors are good picks for their respective characters and the action/CGI sequences were well done for a low budget movie like this.

The plot is basic, though the movie's length and budget doesn't allow for much character development, but then again - it's Ben10, so fans are already familiar with most of the characters.

I liked that they took inspiration from the TV series and used a modified Dodge Challenger as Kevin's car (ironically the car from the cartoon is visually based on the 2008 Dodge Challenger). The car chase sequences were adequate, but understandable considering the budget of the movie.

I am a big Ben10-fan and my expectations weren't very high for this movie (again looking at the budget and marketing), but it exceeded it. Now if only we can get Cartoon Network to sell the Ben10 franchise to Marvel, and then watch it explode bigger than Avengers.