Went in with medium expectations, ended up spitting my drink in pity

Rating: 3/10 (23 May 2010)

I am usually quite a fan of films such as this for the enthralling fight scenes, but I have to say, this film was very poor indeed. The main thing that absolutely DESTROYED this film for me was the fact that the musical score was blatantly bought from iTunes for £0.79. It was just generic eastern music and didn't fit some parts of the film. Without trying to give to much away, at the end of the film there is a huge special effects extravaganza of awesomeness and some heavy metal there would of fit it in my opinion but the generic music played throughout! What else was hideously horrid was the fact that they all had English accents. Now, I'm a proud Englishman, about as English as a cricket bat and a fruit cake, but I realise this was a weird choice. And now for the worst thing about the film. The screenplay (as in the script) just wasn't up to scratch. The conversation, especially at the beginning was very disjointed, and whilst it picked up near the end it could have still been better but I think the actors did a good job with the absolute abomination placed before them. There are some good things about the film, however. I didn't think the acting overall was too bad and the fight scenes were well paced and exciting (but the music let them down in my opinion, maybe it's because I'm a fan of the Rocky series and used to amazing music in films, I don't know) and the special effects were really nice. Oh, and Arterton looked hot! All in all, maybe I am being a little to harsh but I have seen films done better for a budget 100 times less than this. Would I recommend to see it? Well, if you don't have to pay £4.50 to see it and waste a Tango Ice-Blast, then by all means, but be prepared to feel a little disappointed because I feel this film had potential.