Flaccid and Formulaic

Rating: 1/10 (24 June 2008)

Two scenes in this movie are worth watching, (1) a car chase early in the film, and (2) a pyrotechnic-filled montage towards the very end. Everything else in between has a phoned-in feel to it, from McAvoy's embarrassingly bad American accent to the vain attempt at creating plot complexity by adding more meaningless twists. The plot arc of the movie is clear early on, and all the added detail just serves to clutter up the story. Jolie, as much as she can be a joy to watch, has to suffer through ridiculously terrible writing (her childhood story is one of the worst-written scenes of the past five years). All the move has going for it, in the end, is those two action-packed scenes, and given how much of a chore it is to watch the rest of the film, they are not worth the price of a ticket.