Bruce, FX = Yes / Everything else = No

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2008)

Casting was horrendous. Maggie Q scored high on the politically correct casting scale, and a zero on the scale that matters. Cliff Curtis is incapable of acting, yet was cast as a big boss -- painful. Ham hock has never done anything worth anything, and never will. The Mac guy sidekick thing didn't work worth at all this time round. The only plus was Bruce himself.
FX were as good as any blockbuster but what do you expect for a $100M budget movie? The computer stuff was unconvincing, as usual. Too bad it was all over this movie. Bruce is at his best in a more physical movie and this wasn't that, except for when he gets thrown around like a rag doll.
Dialogue was clichéd, plot nothing interesting, so basically it was hard to watch this movie without getting fidgety. This despite fairly decent editing.
The tie breaker comes down to the director. Incredibly, he is a first timer (or the next worst thing to it) which is pretty bizarre considering how important this franchise has been. He ain't up to the job here I'm afraid.
Not much to like here. Hope you didn't waste ten bucks at the cinema for this one. Five out of ten.