this movie is to action movie what "heroes" is to TV series...

Rating: 2/10 (7 February 2010)

I would rate it 1, but Angelina Jolie alone gets another point. The movie lacks almost everything except special effects and clichés. Superb casting, but doesn't work for this movie at all, I try and I try but I can't get into this movie, it's even worse than Daredevil in my opinion (considering it's a 2008 movie of course) I think it's just pleasing for the lame people that can connect with the main character and hope that their low empty life would turn into a world saving, super sexy chick banging life.
Just so you know I registered (after 6 years of reading reviews here) after seeing that this movie got such a good score on RT ! This movie deserves no more than a 25% in my opinion. What is wrong with people ? Or is it just the "Angelina effect" ?
The casting looks perfect, just NOT for this movie, I watched it twice, trying to understand why people would rate it so high... Still a mystery to me (A part from the great effort by Angelina to make this movie worth watching)
Lot of money and effects wasted on an lame plot, the tone is changing from sequence to sequence (sometimes made me think of Daredevil... Surely not Matrix, which is 10 times more believable than this in all aspects)
I think the only thing that could explain such a high score is that it makes lame people think they can achieve extraordinary things overnight and become special just because they can endure pain repeatedly (a normal guy would have died 5 times just during the first week of training). Makes the no-life and mid-class guy think he can save the world and get a chance with the sexiest girl alive... I think that's about it for the value of this movie, making some guys feel less like garbage and more confident in miracles happening...
For me it was just a big waste of time, twice. I'd rather watch the horrible series Heroes than this. The only feeling I got watching this was feeling sorry for Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie (even though she does her best with the movie's material)
Pointless movie, doesn't get above ground level.