Montage failure spoils it

Rating: 2/10 (27 March 2009)

If it were not for one single overwhelming issue, this film would have been much more watchable. This issue, of course, is the montage during the action scenes. Now I'll admit that it might be stylish to have a few .3 second transitions, but it's simply unsustainable for long stretches, and these filmmakers have this go on for minutes at a time.
So bad, in fact, is the outcome, that we left the movie before we were finished watching.
If you can stomach the strobe-light effect of the montage and not be turned off, you will find a fairly strong plot, solid performances by the actors and the special effects team, and innovation in many other areas.
Unfortunately, this movie needs to be re-done to reach its full potential.