Four internationally wanted criminals, named Peter Beaupre (Aleksander Krupa), Alice Ribbons (Rya Kihlstedt), Burton Jernigan (Lenny Von Dohlen) and Earl Unger (David Thornton) have stolen a valuable missile cloaking computer chip for a North Korean terrorist group. They put it inside a toy remote control car to sneak it past security. At San Francisco International Airport, however, Mrs. Hess (Marian Seldes) accidentally takes the bag with the remote control car in it. The thieves then come to Chicago and systematically search every house in Mrs. Hess's suburb to find the chip.Eight-year-old Alex Pruit (Alex D. Linz) is then given the remote control car by Mrs. Hess for shoveling snow. He soon becomes ill with the chicken pox, and must stay home. While he is at home, he sees the thieves through his telescope and calls the police. The thieves leave by the time the police come. After Alex reports the thieves again, they still manage to get away, and the police still do not believe him. Alex then decides to take matters into his own hands. He mounts a camera on his remote control car and tries to film some footage of the thieves, who are now searching in a neighbor's house. He successfully films Beaupre, but the remote control car is discovered before it can get away and Alice takes the tape. Wondering what the thieves want with a remote control car, Alex opens it and discovers the stolen chip. Right away, he calls the suburb's Air Force Recruitment Center and informs them about the chip.The thieves realize that Alex has the chip and go after him. They block off the road to the house, and Alice duct tapes Mrs. Hess to a porch chair in her garage and leaves the door open. By this point, Alex has armed the house with more violent booby traps. After several break-in attempts, they chase Alex. He runs to the attic and goes into the dumbwaiter down to the basement. He then runs outside and calls to Alice, Jernigan and Unger. They see him and notice a trampoline below them. Unger and Jernigan jump, but the trampoline gives way and they fall into a frozen pool. Alice then wriggles her way into the dumbwaiter chute, but falls down to the basement. Alex rescues Mrs. Hess. He is then cornered by Beaupre, but scares him off with a fake gun.Meanwhile the FBI, which has also been tracking the chip, goes to Alex's school, after being tipped off by the Air Force. Alex's family brings the agents to their house, where the police arrest Jernigan, Unger and Ribbons. Beaupre, however, managed to escape and hides in the snow fort in the backyard. Alex's brother Stan's pet parrot drives the remote control car into the snow fort and threatens to light fireworks which are lined around the inside. Beaupre offers a cracker, but the parrot demands two. Since he only has one, the parrot then lights the fireworks, and escapes. Beaupre's cover is literally blown, and the police arrest him.Alex and his family celebrate with their dad returning. Mrs. Hess, who befriends Alex after he rescues her, is there along with the FBI and police while the house is repaired. Alex gets a surprise: another remote control car. In the final scene, where the four thieves are having their mugshot photos taken, they are shown to have Alex's chicken pox.
Question: what does alex discover in the remote control car?, Answer: computer chip Question: What kind of tape does Alice use to tape Hess to the chair?, Answer: Duct tape Question: What does Alex discover he has?, Answer: Chicken pox Question: who does alex rescue and befriend?, Answer: Mrs. Hess Question: Who tipped off the Federal Bureau of Investigation?, Answer: The Air Force Question: where do jernigan and unger fall?, Answer: frozen pool Question: Who brings the agents to the house?, Answer: Alex's family Question: what does the parrot demand from beaupre?, Answer: cracker Question: Where does Alice duct tape Hess to a chair?, Answer: the garage Question: Who goes to Alex' siglings' school?, Answer: FBI Question: What do the thieves block off that goes to the house?, Answer: the road to the house Question: what does alex scare beaupre with?, Answer: fake gun Question: who do the police arrest?, Answer: Alice Question: A snowstorm is hitting what city?, Answer: Chicago Question: What are the thieves on the lookout for?, Answer: computer chip Question: Who gets arrested besides Alice?, Answer: Jernigan, Unger Question: what medical condition does alex pruitt get?, Answer: Chicken Pox Question: how does alex arm his house?, Answer: booby traps Question: who accidentally takes the thieves' bag at the airport?, Answer: Mrs. Hess Question: Who do the thieves conclude has been watching them?, Answer: Alex Question: what country do the hitmen work for?, Answer: <No Answer> Question: who is doris?, Answer: <No Answer> Question: What is Alex Pruitt given?, Answer: A remote control car Question: who caught alex's chickenpox?, Answer: the thieves Question: Who rescues Hess?, Answer: Alex Question: who gives alex the remote control car?, Answer: Mrs. Hess Question: Who does Alex inform?, Answer: The Air Force recruitment center. Question: What country do the hitmen work for?, Answer: North Korea Question: Who is Doris?, Answer: <No Answer> Question: What does Alex discover with his telescope?, Answer: Thieves Question: Do the thieves decide to pursue Alex?, Answer: Yes Question: To where does Beaupree flee?, Answer: He could not flee. He got arrested.