Boring. No Heart.

Rating: 4/10 (25 July 2010)

At first I found myself caught up in the action and enjoying it. Then I got tired of the music -- all it did was create tension -- then I realized I didn't care about *any* of the characters. Then it got boring. I no longer cared about what happened next; it had become predictable.
As a kid I read a lot of science fiction and thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked The Dark Knight and Momento. But this is not like those films. It is poor science fiction, poor drama. It fails in all the important ways that good drama succeeds: characters we care about; genuine emotional connection among the characters; an ebb and flow to the rhythm of the movie, with respite from the intensity; balance; a plot that has integrity. This movie felt like an unending jackhammer. It's a wannabe Matrix.
We no longer cared, we felt assaulted. When they began the third level, we made our move. We walked out.