P.U.N.K.S (1999)

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

To be fair, this is a film targeted towards children, but that's no reason why what could have been an okay story had to be dumbed down into this. It was just stupid; I hated it when I was six years old and I still hate it now. It got a lot of hype in the past for starring Jessica Alba, but I think her performance in this was talentless and overrated. Louan Gideon and Henry Winkler were the only two actors in 'PUNKS' who I even thought were tolerable. It's a never-ending ridiculous plot, crass jokes (the "poupon" comments the boy makes, the acronym C.R.A.P., etc.) which tried to be edgy but just came across as immature and dopey, the bad soundtrack, the sheer intolerable nerdiness of the main cast, and of course the story itself, which holds absolutely no suspense, comedy, drama or really any redeeming qualities whatsoever.

First and foremost, if any adults see this movie they will criticize it. But it's not for them, it's was made for kids, and kids alone. I personally thought that it was a really good movie, with an average over exaggerated plot (but it was good!), and a really great cast! I do recommend this movie, mostly to kids 12 and under, though, because of it's wide choice in characters, and the usual good guy, bad guy thing it's got going on. Take my word for it, it's a very fun movie :)

I liked it! Loved it! It's a great movie about teammwork and friendship. The P.U.N.K.S. is about five kids, leader Drew, overweight Lanny, con artist Johnny, nerd Miles, and tomboy Samantha. The P.U.N.K.S. which isn't a gang or anything P.U.N.K.S. stands for to Protect the Underdog with Nerve, Knowledge, and Strength. PUNKS, get it? Anyways, Drew's father works for CRAP Crow Resources And Protection. HIs father (Randy Quaid) is making an Augmentor, it powers up the nervous system to make one strong. Drew is always let down by his father by broken promises, so for his birthday he invites Drew and Miles to the company to hang out. Miles somewhat accidentally gets into the files, but cant get a password. That's where Johnny comes in. They use Drew's garage where his father use to work for CRAP as there headquarters, you can get into the files and everything. They get into the files and find out that Crow's assisstant has changed the Augmentor, and if u keep it on you for 20 minutes 9 out of 10 chances it will fry your whole nervous, and if you have a heart condition, which Drew's father has, it could kill you in 5. So they decide to steal the Augmentor, but CRAP has mega security. That's where Johnny's cousin Samantha comes in. She is the expert breaking and entering person. They steal it successfully BUT Crow has a double. I'm not going to tell the whole movie, rent it and watch. I give P.U.N.K.S. 8.5/10!

Don't think this is a movie about "punks", not even a violent movie, this is totally "kid's stuff", but for not very bright kids. The movie is about a bunch of kids (as usual, one is a nerd, one is a fat boy, one is a thief, one is the leader, and the other, a girl, so we have "all kinds") who join to prevent the death of the father of the leader, a scientist developing a "muscular enhancer", so the kids turn out to be : a) smart enough to understand a biological-scientifical experiment and its consequences, b) with the skills to break in to a lab with the highest-technology security, c) with the knowledge and skills to use computers as real hackers, among a lot of other things.So, the result is a boring movie, with bad kid actors, no angel, no fun, nothing else to say. Avoid it, even if you want a child's movie, or if you thought this would be sort of "KIDS" or anything a bit heavier, cause of the title PUNKS (as I thought).