Equals the first three

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2005)

Finally a prequel that is the equal to the first 3. The first was a little blah the second was better but this prequel is easily the best. The action, characterization and results make this the equal to the first three. First, the weakness. In my opinion the one weakness in the movie is the script. It is adequate but could have been a lot better. The lines were high school level. Then again this is an action movie and there wasn't a whole lot of time left for pretty language. The dialog was good enough and explained adequately what was happening. The characterization was much better than the first prequel and better than the second. For an action movie, you can understand why these people do what they do instead of fight for no reason. The results. Well everyone knows what is going to happen if they've seen the original trilogy. However how the results occur were satisfying. The action was superb and what else could you expect? The action made logical sense in that the characters reacted to the technology very naturally. Things made sense. The things that are there do more than make interesting scenes (although they do that too). The plot--who doesn't know what's supposed to happen? Are the 6 movies now one? I think so, but I will let you decide how much so. Go see this one at the cinema.Stand in line or buy your tickets online which is what I did. Get caught in the hoopla! I think it was worth it.