really great action movie

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2008)

I really enjoyed this film with my 17-year-old son. Some of the movie is expected, some of it is not. I thought it was an awesome action movie and appropriate for 13+ year olds on up (depending on how your young teen handles some very brief violence and blood, and how you feel about your child hearing the world sh*t quite often -- go to www.commonsensemedia.org to get the full low-down for parent decisions). We had been forewarned about the handicam unsteadiness of the film, so we sat in the back of the theatre so we wouldn't get queasy. But then, later I thought it wasn't that bad and any seat (except way up front) would have been fine. JJ Abrams has proved once again how ingenious he is -- go see this movie and have fun!