CAPTURE THE FLAG (U) 94 mins. Featuring the voices of Paul Kelleher, Sam Fink, Lorraine Pilkington, and Philippa Alexander.

EVER since Apollo 11's landing module touched down on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, and Neil Armstrong took one giant leap for mankind, conspiracy theorists have suspected an elaborate cover-up.

Capture The Flag is a family-friendly computer animation which teases the possibility of the hoax, but ultimately debunks it by travelling back to the moon in the company of a NASA veteran and two children.

Enrique Gato's adventure, which has been dubbed into English, has its sentimental heart in the right place and there are numerous references to the importance of family over work or personal gain.

A night time journey over water festooned with ravenous alligators is played for laughs rather than Jaws-style scares.

Twelve-year-old Mike Goldwing is a gifted kite surfer, who takes to the waves with best friends Amy Gonzalez and Marty Farr to compete in games of capture the flag.

Mike and his buddies always fall short but the youngster doesn't let failure get him down.

His father Scott is a NASA astronaut, who has been training for months to travel to the moon until injury shatters that dream.

It's an unwelcome repeat of the Goldwing curse: Scott's father Frank was also an astronaut, who failed to follow in the footsteps of Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

When multi-billionaire Richard Carson announces his intention to fly to the moon to prove that the Apollo 11 mission was a hoax, the President of the United States hurriedly authorises a joint mission between existing and retired NASA experts to beat Carson to the Stars And Stripes planted in 1969.

A twist of fate results in Frank finally heading to the moon with grandson Mike, gal pal Amy and long-suffering lizard sidekick Igor.

Back at Mission Control, Mike's mother Samantha frets about her boy and pint-sized gadget wizard Marty overcomes glitches that jeopardise the mission.

Capture The Flag boasts colourful visuals, slapstick humour and chases to entertain young audiences, who dream of their own adventures in the starry firmament.