A typical modern action movie

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2013)

Here's my guide to evaluating movies. Call it the Bruce Willis criteria. No offense to Bruce - I like him and his works.
* If you can replace main hero with Bruce Willis (as seen in Die Hard) and it doesn't do much harm to the plot, you got yourself a modern mindless action movie. *
And unfortunately Into The Darkness is just it - lot's of special effects, action scenes and a very little soul.
It definitely doesn't bring any good feelings that series had to offer.
The saddest part about it all is that no one seems to care. People rate movie high, just because it entertains them enough with jokes and visual effects, companies get their revenue.
This means there're gonna be more movies utilizing the same old formula: good guys vs. bad guys, world domination as a motivation for villain + superhero that saves the day.