Hot for Gamers, Cliché for Everyone Else

Rating: 5/10 (28 March 2011)

The narrow audience of gamers will like it. Everyone else might find a way to not hate it if you just appreciate the battle scenes without the backdrop of a cohesive plot.
There are several battle scenes throughout the movie that were spectacular. If you look at each battle scene as an individual piece of art without a story line to string them all together, then you might like this movie. Those scenes are beautiful and impressive but you can still tell its someone else's interpretation of battle scenes played out in other movies. One scene was straight out of Lord of the Rings with fiery pit, crumbling castle and Orcs.
Nonetheless, they were interesting to watch. When each one was over, however, you were forced back into the overly simple, drab plot that is closer to a bed time story for teen age boys than an action film for the rest of the world.
The movie is peppered with clichés like, "If you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing." Maybe they changed a word or two to try to make them appear as original words of wisdom but you don't have to be quick to catch them.
The plot itself is cliché. In order to escape from the clutches of evil, a girl and her team of sassy warrior-strippers must collect five items. I think I can pull out four of them right now from the junk drawer in my kitchen without having to seduce or outwit anyone. The last item is a mystery...and you'll never guess what it is because it makes no sense unless, of course, you're a sassy warrior-stripper.