Incredible action, lame everything else

Rating: 4/10 (26 June 2009)

Started slow. Jokes were weak, as if added as an afterthought. Way too many references to "balls." The ridiculous college sequences were overdone and seemed forced. The cast was going through the motions and I believe it showed. All action sequences although done very well from a visual point seemed to me to lack cohesion. The ending was in my opinion abrupt. Bottom line: I spent most of the movie waiting for it to gain traction, yawned, and then poof it was over. My 11 year old loved it but it left me feeling let down. I must not have been too alone as the theater emptied out in milliseconds and not a single person cheered or clapped. The audience seemed to want to run out of there. Save your money and rent it.