The physics bending action scenes are
so ridiculous and obviously not meant to be taken seriously, so if
you go into the theatre with that in mind, you can sit back and just
immerse yourself in the visual genius of Russian director Timur
Bekmambetov (from the great Night Watch). He has done something John
Woo failed to do in migrating to Hollywood without losing his skill
for creating great action set pieces and pretty decent performances
from the leads (who knew McAvoy was an action hero?).
And then there's Angelina Jolie, who
was looking sexy as, especially those juicy lips. She bends and
curves and has those sultry eyes, plus those tattoos do look good on
her. But more than that, she does give a pretty good performance and
is not just there as eye candy.
I've heard this film referred to as
The Matrix with a sense of humour, which there is some truth to as
long as you're cutting out the intelligence factor of The Matrix. I
think there is also some Shoot ‘em Up and Crank in there as well.
The film was pretty cool and enjoyable,
but there were times when the silliness of some of the action scenes
just became too much and made me cringe. It also did drag on a bit
too long, but finished strongly with a nice little twist at the end
which it definitely needed.
Never having read Mark Millar's
graphic novel, I cannot say how big the changes are, but I understand
it is quite loose. Avid fans of the book may be disappointed.
Overall, 4 out of 5.
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