Okay

Rating: 6/10 (15 November 2007)

For such a piece of escapism (and for someone as cynical about movies as I am) I didn't expect much from this. But it has its moments. The nasty demon dogs are pretty lame, but other elements (a robotic villain, an enormous pendulum that destroys an escape route, etc.) persuaded me after a long time that imagination and creativity do occasionally turn up in Hollywood.
But I managed to not look up even once from my work as the final prolonged, noisy, climactic battle (presumably intended to be very stimulating) took place. "Gee I wonder if explosions will be involved." After thirty years of look-alike climaxes, this "very stimulating" conclusion is exhausted. It's the same-old, same-old dumb fight/crescendo that I can't wait for Hollywood to get as tired of, as I am. It hasn't been satisfying in thirty years.
Sienna Miller does zilch for me. She's just kind of puffy-faced and sullen here.
Ron Perlman is also good in The Name of the Rose.