awful script and poor direction

Rating: 3/10 (2 August 2009)

Awful script and pretty poor, totally mediocre directing kill this one. McG, what a ridiculous name/nickname for a director, for anybody in fact who should not be mentally a teenager anymore. Sounds like "Big Mac" and his films are equally nutritional. Keep this dude away from directing any decent script in the future, please. He cannot direct even the fight scenes properly, which is most surprising for a "fast food" director. I could go on and on about the weaknesses, plot holes in the script and lack of character depth or development but what's the point, others here covered it pretty well already. I just want to add that C. Bale lacks necessary charisma and charm in this role and is mis-cast; in addition even the praised special effects and the landscape that is supposed to project post-apocalyptic California are pretty rubbish too, at times the movie seems to be made directly for TV. Rent it if u must but it is not worth the cinema ticket price.