5 - Mediocre

Rating: 5/10 (25 January 2016)

I'm not a hater. I can objectively admit that it's a really well-done polished film, but I didn't enjoy it personally. It's a pretty big achievement for CGI. I respect the ambition that the director and the actors had in creating such a grandiose action movie. But behind the excellent visuals, it feels like a typical action film geared toward the male 15-35 demographic.
It's a male power fantasy full of guns, fire, explosions, chainsaws, motorbikes and armed trucks. The story is generic. The characters and world lack depth. For that reason, I'm not given much reason to care or understand either.. Most of the movie consists of chase scene after chase scene in the same desert. It wouldn't be a stretch to call this Avatar in the desert.