draggy

Rating: 4/10 (6 May 2011)

From the commercials, this looked like a fast paced action film, but it's more along the lines of a slow-paced action film. For the first 25 minutes there's all setup with no action, which I could have accepted if once the bullets started flying I found it entertaining. But somehow even the action sequences felt sluggish, and the are intercut with flashbacks and terse discussions that belie the trailer's promise of non-stop action. Instead this is stop and start action, and even during the most hectic parts it feels labored and dreary.
Perhaps the problem is how seriously the movie takes itself. It's a ridiculous story with unconvincing plot elements and unsurprising twists, but the film acts like it's very grim and important, as though the director simply couldn't accept that at best his movie could be a fun piece of fluff. Alas, the movie is flufless.