Seriously flawed, partly rescued by good on-location shooting

Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2012)

I managed to enjoy the movie because of the on-location shooting. We don't get much of that anymore. The many small mistakes, use of clichés (both in dialogue and action) and the continuous abuse of history were hard to take. Likewise the adrenalin surge style directing and lack of good dialogue and proper character development amount to lost opportunities. It could have been soooooo much better. Really, I would like to kick the director and the producer in their heads. They had the potential to make something really special and missed the target by a wide margin.
The ending seemed to set up for and hint at some kind of a sequel. Maybe they will do better with that. It wouldn't be too difficult. Make it longer, slower, more dialogue to explore the characters and respect the viewer by being more faithful to history.