Passable, pedestrian but pathetically overrated

Rating: 6/10 (13 November 2012)

Like the many other negative reviews out there, I went into this film with great expectations. Sadly, like many other Hollywood movies since, this one suffers from too much special effects budget coming from the scriptwriters' budget.
A rudimentary knowledge of computers would tell you some of the plot devices used, are simply not possible (such as evacuating an island overnight, since Hurricane Sandy couldn't do that either). Others, like bringing a sniper in to kill a person who has been led into an enemy lair, seem purely redundant.
To add insult to injury, the 2nd act takes a page from The Avengers plot (which wasn't great either) and the finale brings revenge killing to ridiculous levels of unnecessary complexity. A simple bullet, explosive or missile, at any point, would have sufficed.
Passable, pedestrian but pathetically overrated by whatever bots are pumping up the reviews. Watch this if you like mindless movies, yet have the mental fortitude to make it through more than 2 hours of drivel.