A Failed Attempt of an Action Movie

Rating: 2/10 (2 July 2008)

Acting- Horrible, the dialog and acting is almost as ridiculous as the film itself. Not really much else to say, the lines are especially lame along with no means of "talented" acting. No amount of good acting could really save the dumb plot and really lame twist at the end.
Plot- If you are reading this and have yet to see the movie then you probably already know the basic plot. What you don't know is the that the fraternity of assassins select their jobs from reading the secret code that some ancient loom provides. There is no further explaining in the film other than its all because of "fate". Looms decide peoples fate, come on. The main character Wesley Gibson, is accepted into the Faternity because he is skilled enough to shoot the wings off of live flies. He completes his assassin training by slowing his reflexes down enough to catch a shuttle in the loom.
Special Effects- Not very special, high budget films with todays standards should have good special effects. The special effects are very similar to the matrix and a lot of the concept for the action scenes were lame knock offs. The movie suffers from being ultra "cheesy" and unrealistic. Bullets are curved with the twist of a hand, this is called "curving the bull". Bullets are also used to shoot other Bullets and deflect them. A car is purposely flipped in the air upside down to shoot an enemy in another car through their sun roof, the airborne car of course lands perfectly. All in slow motion. The movie constantly switches to slow motion. It is often a misconception that putting scenes in slow motion makes them cool. Nothing in the film looks even close to being realistic.
I feel sorry for you if your curiosity leads you to waste you money on a theater ticket, hopefully if this is true for you its a matinée showing.