Visually impressive

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2007)

I was thoroughly impressed, but that's only because the action scenes were unlike anything I'd seen before. Truly, my mouth was gaping a lot of the time. Luckily, the rest of the movie's not that far behind. The script has some weak spots, but it's mostly solid, and the acting is surprisingly decent. Bruce is Bruce, of course, but Justin Long is pretty funny and Timothy Olyphant is a great villain. The editing a.k.a. censorship bothered me a bit, especially the trademark line, but there's enough snappy dialogue to overcome it. The action was great, but it got to be a bit much by the end of it, especially the truck + jet bit. The climactic scene is aces, though. Not as good as 1 or 3, but miles ahead of 2.