after an hour of watching this self promo celluloid; What the $%&?

Rating: 2/10 (25 May 2013)

After 45 minutes of a series of numbing, disjointed events, it occurred to me that this spectacle wasn't so much a movie, but a cultural infomercial. The developers were intent on teaching us something and that "something" was going to take three whole hours to deliver to us. The movie delivers a series of separate events across centuries, in which previous events would provide deliverance for people in the future. Not a very novel idea. I learned in high school that the present time is a dwarf riding on the back of a giant (previous history). However; real events throughout history are far more compelling and interesting than this fictional hodgepodge.
The most laughable part of this bloated time waster, was when the Asian Cyborg (anticipated to become humankind's deliverer) was standing projected hugely larger than life, voicing her philosophical directives above a battle in which her collective fought the evil enforcers. Her persona had all the visual character of Orwell's Big Brother, or rather Big Sister. I'm surprised the film makers didn't sense that comparison. That part was a hoot to watch.
Be prepared to pay the baby sitter overtime and swill down plenty of coffee before you take that trip to the cinema.