"Right, that's one fight finished. What shall we do next..? Ah, yes, fight some more."

Rating: 3/10 (11 January 2019)

A problem with films that focus on effects is that as the technology ages the effects lose their edge (or even become laughable) and a major part of the film is lost. That is less a problem with developed plots, characters, style etc.
I watched this film about 8 years after it was released. Already the effects fail to impress. Sadly, there is little else for this film to fall back on. Some gorgeous thespians, perhaps. That's it. Potential subplots are left in the dust as the film charges from poorly-judged fight scene to poorly-judged fight-scene, generally justified only by an 'us versus them trope' or by monumentally clunky exposition. It doesn't even give a new perspective on the old story.
Its only saving grace is that it's only a little over 3 hours long. Or at least, that's what it felt like...