Lost touch

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2002)

I just saw 'Clones' for the first time at the local IMAX and it is, unfortunately, a poor installment in a steadily declining epic. I was unaware that there were cuts made from the original theatrical release, however I became suspicious when Jimmy Smits suddenly appeared at the end, eliciting laughs from the confused audience. Apparently we were supposed to meet his character earlier on, but instead we just see Victor Sifuentes standing amongst intergalactic senators. Is there a better piece of evidence that Lucas and his team have lost touch with audiences and their original passion for this saga? Their new service seems to be Industrial Leverage and Marketing, because the 'magic', as with all things digital, is simply a sampling of what it was before.