If you don't have another choice of a movie

Rating: 6/10 (30 July 2008)

Seeing this after watching the Dark Knight masterpiece, it left me with a feeling of a rushed, unfinished plot. Characters undergo drastic changes, too drastic in a too short of a time, leaving you confused at times or even surprised that it goes that way. This doesn't mean it surprises you for the good. It is just an action summer movie, that has Angelina Jolie in it, and is making quite some use of it.
Morgan Freeman's character just doesn't suit him in the second part of the movie. James McAvoy suddenly knows how to fight and control his anxiety attacks after he wasn't able to carry out a conversation with his girlfriend...all in just a matter of minutes. An obese guy handles knives like a Bruce Lee with martial arts...
In a nutshell, there was a lot of potential in this movie, but it never got going. It just has brainless shooting scenes, and one scene where Jolie's back and lower back are seen. It is filled with swearings because they couldn't figure out anything to put there and they didn't want to make it look like it was a "no-sound" movie. The movie does not leave you with any emotions towards the characters. What is does, is it leaves you confused for most of it. There are much better action films out there, better re-watch a movie you already saw than watch this. Take a collection movie and re-watch it or something. Or simply go on IMDb's top 250 movie list and choose from there. Don't waste your time on this.