Wasted Potential

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2011)

The stunts and action of this movie were pretty good, although the fighting was not great. Something about Jolie running that made me think the direction went something like this "OK, run, good, next shot" It just had a dead pan delivery. The movie had it's highlights, they didn't pull punches, but then without character development, perhaps they didn't need too. Oh, they shot a good guy. That's bad. Now someone is upset. Unfortunately however, despite a lot of action and a willingness to shock the audience and be uncompromising, it really never captured my imagination. It was amazingly boring and entirely predictable. There was no other way that any of it was going to happen. The plot really needed something for tension and interest. However, it was pretty clear who the good guys and bad guys were, so only a matter of time until they did what they were supposed to do and the audience could move on. Worth looking for in the bargain bin or watching on TV.