Hi Keanu!

Rating: 6/10 (3 February 2007)

Hey look, it's Keanu Reeves! Part of me thinks that it'd be enough to say that and give my rating to the movie, but this ain't no Johnny Mnemonic, so you won't see a 4/10 here. All right, so the stuff that this film has going for it: 1) Decent source material - I've always liked DC's Vertigo lines of comic books more than the regular DC universe; and...
Eh? That's it? Well, honestly the other elements could be worse. The "style" of the film is a mix between The Matrix and Blade so it's not all that inspiring, perhaps even derivative. The direction was adequate but nothing special (director Lawrence's background in directing mostly feature Jennifer Lopez videos--he must be right at home working with accomplished thespians such as Keanu). The acting was passable at times and not quite passable at others.
So what's the bad in this film? It's just blandly mediocre. There are no chills that really chill, no thrills that really thrill, hell looks bad but it's certainly not fear inspiring. The whole film has this sort of television-movie feel to it that keeps it from being anything bigger than mediocre. This is the kind of movie that, if it had less of a budget, might've made for a B-television series that would've probably been better.
Not a must watch at all. But better than watching the aforementioned Keanu movie. If you want to feel like you just watched a movie that FX or the Sci-Fi Channel might show, that's the kind of movie this is. It's not regrettably terrible. Just mediocre. But hey, it's Keanu! 6/10.