A formulaic Comic books based movie with a few refreshing Twists

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2009)

This movie continues the cliché'd comic book story that has been done many times before. about an ordinary man finding out he has powers. it is very entertaining as he learns his powers.
This movie however is original in that instead of using his powers for good (ie spiderman 'with great power comes great responsibility') he uses his power for his own personal benefit. it also deals with the evil nature of the group of extraordinary people (known as the fraternity) rather than most groups of people with powers use their power for good (ie justice league). another thing that is refreshing is how this has an r rating, instead of the usual pg-13 rating.
this movie bothers a lot of elements from other movies. mainly fight club and the matrix. fight club in that a man in a white collar job is haunted by his life being nothing and later getting involved in violence and extreme activities. and the matrix mainly just cuz of the action sequences and similarities between fox (angelina joele) and trinity and some of the training is similar (fox taking wesley to run across a train.
but regardless of the lack of originality, this is entertaining as hell, and i think is more homage to classic stories than a complete rip off.