another comic book made into a movie

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 2008)

First there was a comic book series by Mark Miller,& JC Jones, then a story written by Micheal Brandt & Derek Hass, then these 2 along with Chris Morgan devised this imaginative screenplay which was probably inspired by THE MATRIX which was the Wachowski Brothers inspiration & we know what a treat that was.
We now have a Russian film director Timur Beckmambetov making his first English language film. He seems to be a very gifted director as it is obvious from scene one that this is a comic book & all credibility & reason must be suspended for the next 105 minutes (10 minutes of credits follow),.
Watching this last night I was amazed that I liked this so much. I am a Senior Citizen & we are not supposed to enjoy these action packed thrill rides. I thoroughly enjoyed this crazy impossible to believe goings on.
The Cast is headed by James McAvoy who is besides being very handsome & a fine actor proves he can do an action picture, He is ably assisted by Morgan Freeman, who is always good,
Angelina Jolie is more than eye candy here.
Terrance Stamp who still is darn good looking has a nice role as well as Thomas Kretschman (The Pianist) is as usual excellent.
the rest of the cast are basically unknowns but all arr very good. I must mention one actress though Lorna Scott (as Janice) gives in a few short scenes a performance that hopefully will get her more roles.
Being an action film, There are many special effects,Thanks to CGIimpossible stunts are devised. There is one that I must mention, a Train Wreck on a bridge high above a STEEP ravine that is beyond belief.
There are many scenes where we must suspend our beliefs & just sit back & enjoy.
IT IS A COMIC BOOK COME TO LIFE.
Ratings: *** out of 4 --- 88 points out of 100---IMDB--8 out of 10