Comic Book Action

Rating: 3/10 (8 June 2005)

The movie started well. In fact the first half was really really good. The chemistry between Brad and Angelina was so strong it's no wonder poor Jennifer was insecure (which girl wouldn't be if confronted with Ms. Jolie?).
The movie opens with a very "Mission Impossible II"esq start. If I loved the scene between Tom Cruise & Thandie Newton right at the start of MI II, then the Pitt/Jolie flashback scene was equally riveting.
So far so good. The movie was totally not what I expected. It's not a movie version of the "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" TV Show - which I naively thought it was (wake up Melody!). There were even a couple of laughs & nice gadgets, which lulled me into thinking I was right to think this was the movie of the year And then came the post-break.
Apparently Angelina cannot stray too far from Lara Croft and silly comic book action stuff. The writers of the movie obviously put so much effort into creating just the perfect equation between Mr. & Mrs. Smith (& I do agree, they achieved perfection there) that they forgot that the rest of the movie must have a plot! Common sense was thrown out of the window while hopelessly trying to ape James Bond (failing miserably). Note to writers: 007 has a mission every movie.
Would say more here, but would give away "the plot" (see I can be funny too) so will end my tirade here.
The verdict then? Go see the movie, just remember it's a comic book-action kinda movie and perhaps then you'd not be so disappointed.