dagallop
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Aside from the terrible reviews, if you watch this movie with the intent of simply wasting a couple of hours of your life, you would have succeeded. I don't want to use the classic phrase: well there's two hours I'll never get back, but alas it is how you will feel initially!
If on the other hand you like movies with spectacular, over the top CGI but care not for a story line, this is undoubtedly the movie for you. If you believe that scripts should be written by teenager nerds, this is the movie for you. If you want solid acting, well there is some, in fact it really isn't bad but only sometimes, the 'fill in' scenes are corny, predictable and frankly boring and could well have been edited to reduce the two hours you will need for this.
I agree with the review by FeastMode, but I would have included the Abyss as the primary candidate for the master xerox activity, if you remember the Abyss tell me the hack isn't so. But I didn't want to be as unkind so I give it 5 stars because the CGI is pretty awesome at times and the music score wasn't bad, not as good as it would have been with M83/Anthony Gonzalez but good enough.
Synopsis: it is a long movie that doesn't need to be. The acting by Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson and sometimes John Bradley, isn't bad but they could have replaced almost the entire remaining cast with cardboard cut outs or string puppets, I don't think anyone would have noticed! It is without doubt a rip-off of a myriad of other movies but what is there left to do? I would only recommend this movie if you want to waste a couple of hours 'vegging out', you will have to let go of any remaining common sense to get past the ridiculousness of the story but you did that already for 90% of all movies these days!
If on the other hand you like movies with spectacular, over the top CGI but care not for a story line, this is undoubtedly the movie for you. If you believe that scripts should be written by teenager nerds, this is the movie for you. If you want solid acting, well there is some, in fact it really isn't bad but only sometimes, the 'fill in' scenes are corny, predictable and frankly boring and could well have been edited to reduce the two hours you will need for this.
I agree with the review by FeastMode, but I would have included the Abyss as the primary candidate for the master xerox activity, if you remember the Abyss tell me the hack isn't so. But I didn't want to be as unkind so I give it 5 stars because the CGI is pretty awesome at times and the music score wasn't bad, not as good as it would have been with M83/Anthony Gonzalez but good enough.
Synopsis: it is a long movie that doesn't need to be. The acting by Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson and sometimes John Bradley, isn't bad but they could have replaced almost the entire remaining cast with cardboard cut outs or string puppets, I don't think anyone would have noticed! It is without doubt a rip-off of a myriad of other movies but what is there left to do? I would only recommend this movie if you want to waste a couple of hours 'vegging out', you will have to let go of any remaining common sense to get past the ridiculousness of the story but you did that already for 90% of all movies these days!
It can be a little 'scattered', by which I mean there are a number of flashbacks which really don't help with the movie overall because there are gaps that would have been better filled with some more detail. The concept was intriguing and partially what drew me in to watch this.
But Noomi Rapace and Jakob Oftebro do such a great job with a rather predictable story that once again in combination with the sets, pace and action scenes, they make it worth the watch.
The action scenes are well done but there is a constant feeling of just knowing who it isn't going to end well for. That aside they probably could have made some of them seem a little more realistic, and I'm not referring to the gore, there is no shortage of that, I am alluding to the fact that typically combatants tend not to make themselves easy targets when there is a gun battle going on!
The sounds, music score, lighting and camera work are very well manicured and generally the scenes fit, with the exception of some interesting moments where they must have been walking on sand and not snow as they made no sound as they moved across it.
Synopsis: an intriguing basis for an action movie, beside the defined purpose of their 'mission'. Tremendous acting by almost everyone bar some extras and shorter part actors. Good action scenes and believable CGI. Great sets and attention to details. The one thing that bothered me was the almost endless references to 'the enemy' with absolutely no attempt to expand, identify or hint at just who 'the enemy' was!
But Noomi Rapace and Jakob Oftebro do such a great job with a rather predictable story that once again in combination with the sets, pace and action scenes, they make it worth the watch.
The action scenes are well done but there is a constant feeling of just knowing who it isn't going to end well for. That aside they probably could have made some of them seem a little more realistic, and I'm not referring to the gore, there is no shortage of that, I am alluding to the fact that typically combatants tend not to make themselves easy targets when there is a gun battle going on!
The sounds, music score, lighting and camera work are very well manicured and generally the scenes fit, with the exception of some interesting moments where they must have been walking on sand and not snow as they made no sound as they moved across it.
Synopsis: an intriguing basis for an action movie, beside the defined purpose of their 'mission'. Tremendous acting by almost everyone bar some extras and shorter part actors. Good action scenes and believable CGI. Great sets and attention to details. The one thing that bothered me was the almost endless references to 'the enemy' with absolutely no attempt to expand, identify or hint at just who 'the enemy' was!
I don't understand the level of (apparent) hatred for this movie?!
Yes, it was a very (very) typical action thriller type movie but surely we know what we are getting in to when we watch movies like this?!
It is simple entertainment, linear story, good acting, almost believable plot and constantly moving. What more do we expect from this genre. It wasn't that long ago that we were awe struck by a movie with some passengers on a bus that couldn't drop below fifty miles per hour or it would blow up, yet we complain about the story line in this movie. And we should not forget that with actors like Cavill, Weaver and Willis shouldn't we review their abilities to act as brilliantly as they do? I guess some folks were just disappointed that Cavill never once ripped his shirt off to reveal a super hero below..
Synopsis: Not the best, far from the worst, great entertainment if you aren't expecting a movie with a myriad of plot twists. This has great actors and pretty much non-stop action with some great scenery to boot. Worthy of a fill in between the super hero movies.
Yes, it was a very (very) typical action thriller type movie but surely we know what we are getting in to when we watch movies like this?!
It is simple entertainment, linear story, good acting, almost believable plot and constantly moving. What more do we expect from this genre. It wasn't that long ago that we were awe struck by a movie with some passengers on a bus that couldn't drop below fifty miles per hour or it would blow up, yet we complain about the story line in this movie. And we should not forget that with actors like Cavill, Weaver and Willis shouldn't we review their abilities to act as brilliantly as they do? I guess some folks were just disappointed that Cavill never once ripped his shirt off to reveal a super hero below..
Synopsis: Not the best, far from the worst, great entertainment if you aren't expecting a movie with a myriad of plot twists. This has great actors and pretty much non-stop action with some great scenery to boot. Worthy of a fill in between the super hero movies.