Synopsis
After a failed rescue mission, Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is assigned to protect the five children of a murdered scientist. Trading combat operations for diapers, school runs, and household chaos, Shane struggles to win the children's trust while uncovering the secret invention their father's enemies are seeking. The unlikely babysitting assignment gradually becomes his most personal mission.
Factoids & Trivia
- The film was released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 4, 2005, and marked Vin Diesel's Disney debut.
- Walt Disney's 2005 fact book reported that the film earned nearly $200 million worldwide. IMDb lists its worldwide gross at approximately $198.6 million against an estimated $56 million budget.
- Although the story is set in Bethesda, Maryland, much of the production was filmed in and around Toronto and Mississauga, Ontario.
- Jackie Chan was reportedly attached to the project before Vin Diesel became the star. The ninjas seen in the film were members of Chan's stunt team.
- The scene in which the duck bites Shane's ear required a red light aimed at the duck to attract its attention.
- Morgan York's line telling Shane that she thinks he is cute was reportedly inspired by a real exchange between York and Vin Diesel on set.
- The production reportedly kept a camera running for four hours to capture a shot of the baby falling asleep.
- Boo Berries cereal was not sold in Canada during filming, so a production assistant reportedly drove to Buffalo, New York, to obtain it.
- Adam Shankman appears briefly as the student-driver instructor.