Hyper Hollywood

Rating: 1/10 (11 November 2013)

Part magic, part action, part plot twist, and 100% trash. This movie is a slap in the face to all movie goers. Ridiculous, sickening, arrogant, smug and zero substance. Scooby Doo's mysteries are far more engaging.
Plot holes abound. Average movie goers know you can't hypnotize people to be your slaves. How much money does the cop have to exact his revenge? And who didn't see Franco coming back? Et cetera ad nauseum. Good lord, I can suspend belief for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Transformers and all sorts bad of horror flicks, but how dumb are we supposed to be? MacGruber was more engaging and believable.
A great premise and wonderful actors - completely ruined by poor script, smug characters, paper-thin plot and a romance sequence direct from the writers of Carly. Pure and simple BS.
This is the epitome of Hollywood shouting "Look at how great we are!!! You will love us!!". How many orbiting camera shots can one movie have? How far do we have to suspend belief? Here's a clue, if we don't care about the characters, all the cool 'movie shots' of the characters mean nothing.
I love every actor in this movie. I despised every character. As other reviewers have said: "This is a magic movie for kids who don't understand CGI can be used to create anything". Such a fun premise - such a sad waste of talent. I feel bad for all those who wasted money on prime ticket price for this crap. I wish I could pay you all back.
I watched it twice. As it was rated fairly high I thought perhaps I was missing something novel or just didn't 'get it' from the first viewing - nope, it is junk. The poster child for everything wrong with Hollywood. Please don't let this team make any more movies.