You've Seen This Story Before.

Rating: 2/10 (15 May 2014)

This movie was so disappointing on almost every level, that I've taken the time to leave my first review.
If you are rating this movie on CGI effects, it's a 9/10. Some of the effects are pretty stunning, and the line between CGI and real life is thread thin.
But story wise, it's a dead 2/10, simply this is nothing that hasn't been done before at least ten times. It's the age old, (MAY CONTAIN SPOILER) - white male in his prime, who won't listen until it's too late. The general who doesn't listen until it's too late. The savior that was going to save the day either way, but would have been easier had you not tried to intervene.-
I really wanted to like this movie, I had been looking forward to this for months, which is maybe why I'm being so harsh on it, but my expectations weren't that high. There is too much missing from this, too many half stories told, too many short-cuts on fight scenes, terrible "monster" fight choreography when you do actually get to see it and you draw an emotional blank when trying to relate to anyone in this movie, because they aren't real characters.
A poor age old story with stereotypical characters, no real twist or anything surprising, predictable outcomes and an impressive CGI performance to help draw a subtle explosive curtain over the lack of depth.