Another Will Smith 'lemon'!

Rating: 1/10 (23 December 2007)

I was quite excite to see the new Will Smith movie. However, I was to be disappointed! It was interesting to see Mr. Smith providing the sort of performance that characterises his roles as 'Black Guy with attitude'("BGWA"). Regrettably, a weak story - the story was always weak - and acting without any real depth created a movie experience that left me feeling there could have been more. Indeed, at 1 hour 41 minutes the offering was a little paltry given the subject matter. Just because the original story was weak doesn't mean some talented screen writer can't 'extend' it and give it more depth. 'Best Sound' and 'Best Stunts' seem to justify this vacuous movie. Please offer Mr. Smith a good script. He has served his time and deserve a real opportunity to see if he can do something that doesn't require him to be a BGWA. Unfortunately, in the case of this movie, Charlton Heston still does a better job!