Fry. The Hollywood Reporter branded the film as "a lame and disappointing affair". Although likening it to both the Harry Potter and James Bond series, reviewer Ray Bennett said the film "lacks any kind of suspense" due to the script. He ended saying that Stormbreaker was unlikely to have a "license to kill at the box-office". Cinema Blend editor-in-chief Josh Tyler gave the film two and a half stars out of five, and said that, "Most of the problems with Stormbreaker all boil down to believability." Boston.coms reporter Wesley Morris also gave Stormbreaker two stars out of five, and said that "Geoffrey Sax's filmmaking holds few surprises... but it's swift and competent, despite too many shots of cars on roads that bloat the running time." Author's response During a 2013 interview with the Financial Times, Horowitz stated that the Stormbreaker film was his greatest disappointment, stating that he "did not hate it but that it should have been the first of 10 and it wasn't." Cancelled sequels Prior to or after Stormbreakers theatrical release, Horowitz had written a screenplay based on Point Blanc, but stated that the chances of further films based on the Alex Rider novels were "fairly slim" due to the film's underperformance at the box office. The Weinstein Company eventually cancelled their plans for a sequel, and Horowitz later expressed that the novels "do not translate well to the big screen". TV adaption A rebooted television series beginning with the second novel Point Blanc was produced by Eleventh Hour Films and Sony Pictures Television. The series was released on Amazon Prime Video and TVNZ OnDemand in June 2020. References External links 2006 films 2006 action films 2000s adventure films British adventure films British spy films British action films American action adventure films American spy action films British children's adventure films American children's adventure films English-language German films German adventure films German spy action films Alex Rider Films about orphans Films about the Secret Intelligence Service Films based on British novels Films set in Cornwall Films set in London Films set in Wales Films shot in London Museums in popular culture Films shot at Pinewood Studios The Weinstein Company films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Geoffrey Sax Films with screenplays by Anthony Horowitz Films based on young adult literature 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s British films 2000s German films