Dynamic Visuals, so-so acting/directing/narration

Rating: 5/10 (30 August 2005)

There's no denying the look of this film. It's been done before though in a similar vein with Dick Tracey and Sky-Captain - probably a superior look imo. Sky Captain was more of traditional movie and thus much more appealing. The stories are of course are graphic novelish - and not being a fan of that - the movie is pretty much just gratuitous comic-bookish violence with often average to poor acting - so to evaluate the movie is difficult because I didn't what it was made for. Narration is often flat too. However the visuals especially when motion is involved are competently put together and at times spectacular. Supporting gratuitous violence really doesn't give the movie anything to stand for, and so it's more of a so-so experience, maybe worth watching once unless you like gratuitous violence depicted.