Damn good movie, almost spoilt by not using a steady-cam

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 2007)

Great movie! Love the trilogy! Overall the movie would have benefited from more use of a stead-cam. The out-of-focus pieces (shoulders, posts, walls) in the foreground of the shot are real artistic, but get real annoying when it's all filmed with a hand held camera. The fight scenes are pasted together from multiple shots, quick edits, bam, bam, bam, cut here, cut there, then combine that with the shakiness of the hand held and I find it very distracting. I would have much preferred longer scenes, with fewer cuts.
Will be interesting to see if another movie is produced following the Eric van Lustbader continuation of the series.
Krazymann71