Barely watchable and insulting

Rating: 3/10 (1 April 2009)

First of all, what is with the somersaults?? If I had to choose something that annoyed me the most about this movie, I'd have to go with the somersaults. WHY so many damned somersaults? They were completely unnecessary and annoying? Overall, this movie shows a profound ignorance of the culture, language and geography of the country it was set in.
Australians DON'T say "mate" every 5 seconds, nor do we have such a ridiculous accent. John Polson, as an Australian you should be ashamed of yourself, showcasing Australian English in such an idiotic and exaggerated way, quite different from how you speak in more respectable films, such as "The Boys" (great film).
Note: "Downtown Sydney" is NOT in the middle of the bush.
Let me say it again, "Downtown Sydney" is NOT in the middle of the bush.
At the time this movie was set, the population of Australia was NOT 17 million. You're about 3 million short. Now, 3 million may not seem like a lot in a country such as, say, China. But 3 million would be more than one seventh of our population. That's a huge factual error in my opinion, and one that could have been easily resolved by 2 minutes of research.
My point: If you're going to spend millions of dollars making a movie, get the facts right.
The attitude that was shown by Luther and Ethan towards "this guy" (the Australian) was horribly arrogant. The Aussie was cast as a damn painful fool that the other characters seemed to look down upon. But the real foolishness was the presumption that we could or should believe half of the outrageously far-fetched action sequences crammed into this pointless film.