A hyped up, petri dish of film

Rating: Null/10 (10 January 2016)

Starting with the frenetic, sped up camera shots at the beginning, until the end (which should have been within the first 2 minutes), this schlock paled in comparison to the 3 preceding films. And I'm not saying this because of nostalgia or some codger notion of "the original's always the best".
Everything about this movie was just so...goofy, unnecessary, and annoyingly dumb. Admittedly I would have rather seen Mel Gibson climbing out of the car in the beginning, but obviously Tom Hardy took the reins instead. And I had no problem with that, he did a good job in the TDKR, so that didn't really skew my opinion. And Charlize Theron is a good actress, I had no problem with her being in the film either.
The problem wasn't the casting choices. The problem with this film was the film itself. It had a poor screenplay, script, storyboarding, characters, etc. It lacked all the excitement and intensity of the original films and replaced with again, goofiness and half brained stupidity. With the exception of the film quality (HD), I have nothing positive to say about this film.