good-gone wrong

Rating: 4/10 (4 July 2008)

Plus points: - Good acting - Lots of hype - Original take - Promising first 30 minutes
Demise: - 2nd rate CGI - anti climactic - killer twist(literally)
Conclusion: A potential Bar-setter, abruptly terminated by originality or lack there of, gone wrong. Some textbook rules should never be bent. Every superhero must have an equal opposite. In this case we have an opposite which is not much of an opposing force. To add insult to injury the superhero is somewhat dwarfed by someone who is neither the villain nor a superhero itself. Personally, I believe it was the twist that killed the movie. The twist in an attempt at political correctness causes this movie to stumble and eventually come undone. Essentially, I believe it was a careless waste of an original take on a formulaic concept.