Not so sure...

Rating: 6/10 (5 November 2006)

First off, this movie was misrepresented in it's trailer. It absolutely made it out that Christian Bale's character (Alfred) had some kind of real power to do his magic and that's what was stumping Hugh Jackman's character (Robert). The quote that Michael Caine's character used to give us this impression (in the trailer) was never in the movie. We kept looking for Alfred's "secret" of the supernatural sort.
I wasn't completely disappointed since there was my gratuitous "Hugh's got his shirt off again", but what girl wouldn't like that? I can't wait to see Flushed Away to see if his cartoon character has his shirt off. Anyway, back to the movie. I was a little confused because after all, having 2 kids does remove some brain cells, however, I did enjoy the plot twists and having to actually think during a movie was refreshing.
We didn't know how dark it would be. There were a lot of missing explanations such as, why did they hate each other so much, since Robert's wife death was an accident. Why did Robert wait until the strange funeral to ask which knot he tied? Why did Edison have thugs? Where did Robert get all this money? If it's because he was the "Lord" guy, that makes no sense. I guess my hubby and I are also a bit disappointed because there was no real "hero" for which to root. So, like they were both creepy. They both were real losers. What's wrong with them??? A little too much human hatred at the risk of all others for us. That is insanity, not obsession. So, leaving just left us kind of empty. Having a lot of questions after a movie is cool, but it really had no redeeming qualities (except of course, Hugh shirtless that is!!).
If you want a really good plot twist (that you could understand)movie, I suggest "Death Trap". There's no Hugh, but there is Michael Caine again and a fantastic story and ending!