Very Disappointing (This Will Be an Unpopular Opinion)

Rating: 3/10 (7 May 2020)

I've wanted to see this film for years. Unfortunately I was very disappointed with the execution. The cutaways between "reality" or (mid-reality) and the fantasy fight sequences were abrupt, intrusive, and disjointed. I did not care for these sequences at all - they were uninspired and flashy but lacked depth and did not seem to fit with the flow of the film. I found myself only half-watching and waiting to return to the main plot. I think they would have fit in a different film (pure video-game or comic genre) but the contrast did not work for me at all. It was like watching two different movies that did not meld together. There could have been much more effective and satisfying ways to create fantasy worlds/alternate realities without cutting to contrived supposed "dance sequences" that were never shown in lieu of a random collection of overblown battle/mission scenarios.
All of this is before the letdown "twist" ending. This movie could have been great in the right hands. I couldn't say if the problem was the script, direction, editing. It just didn't work for me on any level. The narration throughout the movie did nothing to help its cause and seemed like a pathetic attempt to bring higher meaning to a meaningless story.