DON the snazzy plastic spectacles for producer Jerry Bruckheimer's first 3D film, which proves that if you want a job done properly, hire a team of guinea pigs.

Screening in the eye-popping format in selected cinemas and 2D everywhere else, G-Force is a light-hearted romp laden with gizmos including jet-propelled rodent balls that allow the cuddly characters to swerve through traffic in the film's centrepiece action sequence.

"We need back-up! Tell them we're in pursuit of three guinea pigs in mobile spheres," barks an FBI agent, charged with stopping the furry operatives, as director Hoyt H Yeatman Jr keeps the tone light.

The turbo-charged screenplay panders to the short attention-span of children by packing as many thrills and spills and poop gags into 88 minutes as is possible.

However, there are a few concessions to parents, such as a verbal nod to Die Hard when one heroic guinea pig attacks a killer espresso machine, yelling, "Yippee ki-yay, coffee-maker!"

In the battle against terrorism, governments are thinking outside of the box.

Thus G-Force is born: a covert task force of four-legged operatives led by the daring Darwin, sassy weapons expert Blaster ) and seductive martial arts expert Juarez.

When the FBI shuts down the department after a disastrous reconnaissance mission at the mansion of billionaire Leonard Saber, the animals end up in a pet store

Thankfully, the resourceful rodents escape their cage and make a final assault on Saber Industries.