Worth a watch, great sci-fi, cast and suspension

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2014)

I usually only watch movies with an IMDb rating > 7 and initially skipped this one. But then 2 friends gave it two thumbs up and I decided to watch it. Very glad I did. It does remind you a bit of Limitless, but it is still packed with unique action and suspense. The pros are the great cast of actors, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman and Min-sik Choi. The cons are that writer/director Luc Besson tries to do too much on his own. I'd prefer a different director/producer/screen writer altogether. Most people complain that the end of the movie is a let down, a bit of an amateur ending in every way. One expects a similar ending to what it is, but it could definitely have been done a whole lot better from a sci-fi point-of-view as well as a production point-of-view. It's as if they ran out of money by 10 minutes before the end. Still worth a solid 7 out of 10.