Cheats Movie Fans and Gamers

Rating: 5/10 (13 December 2012)

There is no doubt that there are a lot of movies that play like video games. Some use that look sparingly for certain effect and others are nothing more than that, and here we go. This one is nothing more than like watching someone else play a video game. It can be entertaining and a cool pass time.
When a film delivers this thin, shallow representation of a big screen event without any other involvement, it has reached that level of movie-mediocrity that is lazy, rushed, and rather an insult to film fans and to be sure video game enthusiasts. There really are two types of entertainment here and one can enjoy both at their own level, and enjoy them quite passionately.
But when a big screen, big budget movie shows nothing other than a reflection of its pop-culture counterpoints chops without any more than a thread of a story to connect the action, it is sad to say, a cheat, and a rip-off.
There is much here that is worth watching in a gory, gargantuan kinda way with splatter and great looking kills. But story and script wise, well, there is one memorable line and that comes at the end of it all. Pretty lame writing for a highly paid Screenwriter and Director. But it is good "work" if you can get it, but the fact is, its not good work. Just average, at best.