Decent Enough

Rating: 7/10 (15 January 2013)

I was at least entertained and intrigued. It wasn't a powerful film or insightful or thought provoking, but it was interesting, at the very least. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt is surprisingly turning out to be a good leading male in these "action" films, even though he's a bit small in stature and typically known for playing the quirky, lovable goofball. I do use the word "action" lightly since this wasn't really an action film. JGL kind of has the Keanu Reeves look without any of the actual stunts or breaking a sweat, he mostly just carries a big gun. The movie is watchable. I like the original concept of the film. Though, the entire concept of this film is impossible. That's the problem with time travel, none of this film would have happened if they changed the past. It just doesn't work that way and you don't have to be a rocket scientist about time travel to figure that out. A little disappointing that they made an entire film with a star like Bruce Willis and didn't try to delicately hide the fact that the entire concept of the film...would never happen if they actually changed those events. That's a pretty big oversight but I'm willing to still give it a halfway decent score 'cause it was at least a 7 on entertaining and engagement but not exactly riveting. You'd be better off to see the time travel one with Jake Gylenhal. That was a really good film.