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Title: Big budget, big effects, big disappointment
Review: The movie is visually stunning, make no mistake. And there are lots of nice effects. The background story is solid; it is the execution that is flawed.Quite often, the plot feels like information was left out. It never does a good job of transitioning from one moment to the other. In fact, at times it is outright confusing.The flow of the story uses recycled elements. There is the bad guy who really isn't the bad guy, the "I am your father" type twist (in this case "I am your wife"), the hero (or heroine) is hunted by the good guys and the bad guys twist, and the real bad guy is trying to gain power twist. It feels like the director and writers saw several movies and said "Hey! Lets put that idea in our movie."The base story was solid, but it was ruined by bad writing and bad directing. I just wish a competent director would take this concept and run with it.
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