La mercenaria (Rogue)

The title pretty much says it all. She is just there for eye candy and never seems to get dirty in any scene. Poor acting throughout. CGI of lions was low budget yet they are the stars of the movie. It tries to be non stop action, but the shaky camera and annoying shootouts are poorly done. And lets have a 200'+ cliff drop into a 20' rolling river like no problem.

I actually enjoyed it. If you weren't expecting trash before you watched this movie than you're dumber than the plot but as far as trash goes, it was actually not too bad !!! The first 20-25mins was a great start and quite engaging. I went in expecting the worst so with my low expectations I was pleasantly surprised how entertaining it was. Look.....its predictable but there were some really cool scenes and this movie has plenty of laugh out loud moments just maybe not for the reasons intended.

Give it a go, as long as you've seen the trailer and your expectations arent unrealistically high you might actually find the entertainment in this, I certainly did.

I didn't think my day would include writing a review regarding this flick. After reading all the negative reviews and comments about it, I figured I'd watch it to see how bad it really was. Well, I must say it wasn't the best movie I've ever watched and nothing I haven't seen before but to say it was a total waste of time, I'd go with no it wasn't. Does it have it's flaws? Absolutely, there are quite a few but it wasn't near as bad as some make it out to be. In the case of the CGI, brutal. Very bad and the story was all over the place. The so called "comedy" fell flat but I thought the action decent and she reloaded. That should be worth a star right there. I've seen worse.

Overall I'd say if you get a chance, watch it for yourself but don't spend your hard earned money on it. I thought it was a decent time waster and would watch it again. I really can't believe I'm actually defending this movie but a 3.8? It's better than that, hell, the Doorman is rated higher and that sucks way more than his one. Just say'n.

In Dr.Evil's voice

"Yeah right".

I deserve a medal for keeping a straight face through out the movie.

"Rogue's" biggest shortcoming is it's indecision as to what its supposed to be.

Is it a "GI Jane" military style of film or perhaps a "The Ghost and the Darkness" deal, about man eating animals? The fact it's not clear about what it wants to be is a big part of the reason, it fails to gel into anything satisfying.

Its character development is weak for this reason too. You never get to know who the main characters are in any detail, as the move between genres leave's little room, for character development.

That's regrettable too, as the cast hand in solid performances. Certainly i have no criticism, on the acting front.

Really, this is what could have been two films, rolled uncomfortably into one. I'll add I'm also a little critical of the way it presents what are increasingly endangered animals, in a less than flattering or for that matter, accurate light.

It tries to smooth this over at the end with a conservationist message but I still don't think personally, this was a path that should have been taken to start with.

4/10 from me.