Michael's Movie Grade: F
Review: Terrible movie, avoid this like the plague.
This is a movie that left me with nothing to like. The characters themselves are stereotypes of movie characters. There is nothing remotely interesting about them at all. The villain is a stock movie villain, the love interest has no personality what so ever and our protagonist feels very awkwardly and clumsily written. The cast seems to be trying to do their best, but even such talented actors have trouble putting across such awkward dialogue and uninteresting characters and feel a little uneasy at times. Tom Hardy especially seems to be having trouble making his character in the least bit likable. Most of all this leaves us with no one to root for and when the big action climax comes, there is no reason to care about anything we see.
The storyline is just as clichéd as the characters. Despite focusing on a different type of character, the movie plays it safe and makes the story just like so many superhero movies. When it comes to the story the film feels like it just going through the motions. It feels like the writers have a checklist of everything that is in many superhero movies and must go through each of them. The problem though isn't that it is clichéd and predictable, but rather that there seems to be no passion involved. What makes so many cliché superhero films work is that you feel like despite having seen this before, you can feel the filmmakers passion for the source material, none of that can be felt here. Even worse or when the movie tries to make a point. The dialogue about Global Warming, taking care of the homeless and especially about the Abraham and Isaac story from the Bible (that scene is just embarrassing), feel completely forced into the movie and out of place. The simplistic way they are treated is not the problem but rather how poorly they are incorporated into the movie and how awkward the writing is, simply makes these scenes embarrassing whether you agree with them or not.
Just simply avoid this film. If you see it, don't wait for the end credits scene it is painful.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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