Wouldn't pay to see it

Rating: 5/10 (26 September 2015)

The story is formulaic. The character development is shallow, weak and trite. The plot is more biased than the original series, which were more dynamic of a story as it had one side being bullied but it ended up with the man in the middle of both sides who were jockeying for power as they are both exposed for their partaking of greed and pillaging while in the seat of power; this film is very one dimensional and has one side evil and the other side all great and noble. Instead of focusing on one man's motivations of intense survival and/or revenge, as the originals, it instead played more into the act of a social tribalism with everyone just coming together, pretty much instantly, because they like each other for being beautiful. With one side evil and ugly and the other side beautiful and very great. Even the crying and weeping scenes with the violins playing in the background probably have most experienced people thinking, "gimme a break", as it feels contrived and unnatural.
The best thing about the movie, the only thing really since it takes up pretty much the entire movie, are the vehicle chase scenes and contraptions. The rest is pretty much same ol same ol. I would only rent it if it's through a "free" coupon or on TV.