Ignore The Critics

Rating: 9/10 (16 November 2009)

I can appreciate a good deep movie as well as anyone. I also appreciate character development and subtle, intricate plot lines with exploding ramifications. I do not pretend, however, that this is what I want every single time I watch a movie. This movie does not pretend either.
I get the feeling that everyone is throwing tomatoes at this because, in the light of the global crisis we are all experiencing, people expected depth and perhaps to shed a tear. I was expecting something as bad, if not worse than "Transformers 2". But after the first 10 minutes, the film told me what I was going to get, pure unadulterated non stop action, and nothing else.
So, as an action movie, it is one of the best I've seen, and is better as an action movie than "Men In Tights" is as a spoof. It is a very real example of how to utilise current technological and theatrical advances without showing off, as in "Transformers 2" or "Bad Boys 2".
This film can be described as a continuous cliffhanger spectacle with a sprinkle of characters for seasoning. And anyone with skills of perception should be able to switch their mindset in the first ten or fifteen minutes.
A true Blockbuster.