Capture the Flag

This Spanish-produced, English-dubbed, Florida-set cartoon works hard to recapture the fizzy thrills of action-centric Pixar flicks like ‘The Incredibles’. But it’s let down by ropey plotting and forgettable characters. Mike is a precocious kid from a family of astronauts: Grandpa trained for a Nasa moon mission only to be held back at the last minute, while Dad is still angling for his shot. So when dastardly, Trump-ish oil tycoon Richard Carson manages to persuade America that the moon landings never happened – and that he intends to be the first man to actually set foot on the lunar surface – these three generations must band together to foil his evil scheme.

There are times when ‘Capture the Flag’ is almost silly enough to be fun: Carson is a juicy villain, though his similarity to preening, self-obsessed Syndrome in ‘The Incredibles’ is striking. But the young leads feel tediously overfamiliar (optimistic hero, plucky girl, useless fat sidekick) and the animation is nothing to get excited about. Still, it’ll most likely keep the smaller kids diverted while parents capture a few zzzs.