2001 homage is the only redeeming feature of this turkey

Rating: 4/10 (1 September 2014)

What a mess! Revenge movie meets Discovery Channel nature documentary meets superhero movie meets The Matrix meets Inception meets 2001.
I do realise all sci-fi and fantasy requires a suspension of disbelief but not all are as challenging as this. In order to have plot holes, some sort of vaguely feasible plot is required. No such effort was made here.
What on earth was all that wildlife documentary footage about? OK, yes, the prof's lecture was boring and verging on insane but did the editors really think that sticking in film of big cats mating would hold our attention better?
Special effects developed for Inception at least made sense in Inception (not that that movie made much sense) but were distractingly and bizarrely out of place here.
Similarly, the power of the mind to pin people to the ceiling and stop bullets made internal sense in the logic of The Matrix, but stealing the effects and imagery and bunging them in where they make no sense at all.. why?
I am sure the references to The Matrix and 2001 were conscious homages rather than just theft and I confess I did enjoy the whole 2001 redux bit in the last reel.
What mildly bothered me but seriously upset my female companions was our "superhero's" total disregard for human life and suffering. I understand that made sense in the context of what little plot there was but it does make it hard to enjoy a movie when there is no-one you can sympathise with and the main character is a callous bitch.
Morgan Freeman, you're worthy of so much better, what were you doing in this turkey? Luc Besson, one of my favourite directors... WTF?