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Directed by | Alex Winter |
Produced by | Evan W. Adler Victor Ho (line producer) Alex Winter & Ramsey Ann Naito (executive producers) Sam Register & Tramm Wigzell (co-executive producers) |
Written by | Mitch Watson |
Story by | Thomas Pugsley & Greg Klein |
Based on |
Ben 10 by Man Of Action |
Starring |
Graham Phillips Christien Anholt Haley Ramm Beth Littleford Don McManus Sab Shimono Aloma Wright Robert Picardo Lee Majors |
Music by | Andy Sturmer |
Cinematography | Morgan Pierre Susser |
Edited by | Suzanne Hines |
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Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Cartoon Network |
Release date
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November 21, 2007 (US) February 11, 2008 (UK) |
Running time
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67 minutes |
Country | United States Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | US$18 million |
Ben 10: Race Against Time (also known as Ben 10: The Movie) is a 2007 American live-action adaptation of the animated television series Ben 10 created by Man of Action. The working title was Ben 10 in the Hands of Armageddon. Directed by Alex Winter, it premiered on November 21, 2007, in the United States as a Cartoon Network original film.
Taking place after the series, the story opens in Bellwood as a mysterious black figure appears and immediately starts destroying things. Ben Tennyson (Graham Phillips), in the form of Heatblast (voiced by David Franklin), confronts him. After a short battle, Ben seemingly obliterates the villain, which is strange considering it was way too easy.
The next day, Ben goes back to school, and has trouble adjusting to normal life again. After a bad day he gets bullied by Cash (Tyler Patrick Jones) and JT (Tyler Foden) and two girls he tried to flirt with earlier in the movie resulting in Greymatter (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) getting his revenge on the bullies by causing complete chaos at the diner where Ms. Dalton (Aloma Wright) works. Later he and Gwen Tennyson (Haley Ramm) go over and reveals the same villain Ben defeated earlier. Max Tennyson (Lee Majors) identifies him as Eon (Christien Anholt), an alien called a Chronian from an unknown dimension, who the Plumbers captured almost two centuries ago. When he arrived, he was half dead and brought a device with him called the Hands of Armageddon, which would open a time rift to his home dimension and unleash his race upon Earth if activated. They travel to the containment facility where Eon is supposed to be kept in suspended animation, only to find it empty and his guard aged to near-death. The guard tells Max not to let Eon find the hardware store, where the Hands were kept. Before he dies, the Plumber warns Ben that Eon is after him.