Disappointing to say the least..

Rating: 4/10 (7 January 2008)

The movie had everything to it's disposal to make it into a great flick, but to me it doesn't seem to find it's drive. Will Smith is quite OK, but never shines like he has done so many times in even worse movies. The scenery is actually quite nice, although to be honest, I know nothing of the city it plays in. CG tends to be too visible a few times.. But is not disturbing.
For the story itself, I am not so forgiving. There is really nothing about this movie that has not been done before. All aspects have already and are still being done in film, comics, books, comic-books, theater, etc. And thats of course never a problem if done nice, renewing, entertaining, with a great plot, etc, so I of course expected this renewal of old stuff to top them all!!! Sad to say it definitely didn't do so for me..
The few exciting moments are shot down because of continuity errors, or by creating false moments of suspense by letting the characters just do really stupid things. The last reason for me is an instant failure with these big budgets and stars because it is just way too easy. There is no elaborate clue to a plot. They just mess up, wait too long, walk too far, go to deep, etc.. And surprise, surprise, You got yourself an action scene.. Even if I really liked the movie, if I were honest I, (we), could simply name 1-3 things (and probably name the same) which just didn't have to happen and destroyed the film.
Will Smith mentioned a lot of times in shown interviews that the people of the shown city gave him and the crew a lot of the finger every time they saw them. This because of all the closed down streets while filming. I hope they won't do worse after seeing the poor result.