For all its predictability, it's efficiently and often energetically directed by Paul Hoen, working from a script by Doreen Spicer, Regina Hicks and Karin Gist.

Director Paul Hoen delivers a taut and immensely entertaining pic from a script by Doreen Spicer, Regina Hicks and Karin Gist.

Disney ropes in an energetic winner for families.

The 8 to 18-year old audience for whom this urban melodrama is intended won't be put off by the youthful cast's limited acting range, phony boxing choreography and the wavery storyline.