Couldn't Wait To See This Movie...I Should Have

Rating: 9/10 (27 October 2011)

When watching a "fantasy" or "sci-fi" video, there is a lot that can be incorporated and, in most cases, forgiven. The use of 21st century technology in 1942 really stretches things but the acting, special effects, writing...it was all good. Even the villain of the movie..."Skeletor" look-alike character I was accepting. Stretched the credibility quite a bit mixing the stealth bomber with WWII, but I was forgiving a lot because it's not supposed to be real...it's a fantasy. I just let it all go, accepted it, and was enjoying it.
Then came the last 2 or 3 minutes of the movie. What were they thinking? Were they that far over the desired running time they had to just end it? Or was it for budgetary reasons? The ending felt like it was something from a different movie...it didn't connect or resemble anything even remotely close to the previous 2 hours. Or did they accidentally give us a sneak peak at a planned sequel? I'm not really sure the character and movie has anywhere to go? They used up the awe with the use of stealth bomber, laser guns, and very futuristic tanks and motorcycles. They guy didn't get the girl. He has no family or friends left to really care about. Because of the way it ended, it negated any forgiveness I may have felt towards. But one thing it did make me do, I realized how much I enjoyed Chris in the Fantastic Four movies and wish they'd come up with another installment.