Tries much too hard and delivers little

Rating: 4/10 (20 June 2007)

I suppose once you've played your novelty and freshness cards, about all you are left with are low numbers... so why not play them all at once? They should all add up to more than before, right? Wrong. This is the approach the film takes and the result is a confusing mess of disjointed sequences embellished with an excess of unbelievable special effects, punctuated by pithy one liners. It wasn't more than half way into this movie that I began to squirm in my seat realizing if I sat through this I'll see everything but the kitchen sink. The movie goes everywhere in space and time, does everything, contains characters from every country, and in the end will leave you with little... because the formula here is simple: do it all! They are hoping that it will seem so exciting and full of action we''ll forgive them for forgetting to write a proper script! If a disjointed special effects extravaganza with little substance (and entertainment) is for you, then don't miss it. In actors' speak, "Less is more" referring to subtlety and the danger of over-acting. Unfortunately for us, reversing the order of words in this adage is also true.