Highly overrated

Rating: 6/10 (2 March 2013)

So disappointed.
Before heading into this movie I checked the reviews on RT and here. Assumed it would be an underrated movie for the mass market and right up my street.
This was definitely not to be the case.
The characters were poor and under developed, the interaction between cast dull and without chemistry.
Story-wise it was terrible. Logic holes you could drive a tank through, tenuous reasoning, cheap macguffins with no believability about the circumstances of any character.
I thought the whole "less is more" approach for the dialogue fell flat, and actually worked against itself. I was left wanting so much more from the characters back history and personality. It was as if the script writers thought they were smarter than they actually were.
On the positive side; the cinematography was excellent, throwback synth-pop juxtaposed nicely and the car chases impressive.
However, these facts alone were not enough to class it in the 8/10 category of films.
6/10 purely for the aesthetics - I'd only recommend watching this if you have nothing else to see. You'll feel conned expecting something special.