Loved this!

Rating: 9/10 (4 March 2012)

I caught this movie on TV and was amazed I hadn't seen it at the cinema. I thought the premise was good, the action scenes exciting and had me on the edge of my seat and the whole thing was intelligently done, McAvoy was believable as boy becomes man and Jolie was suitably understated. Jolie reminded me of Trinity in The Matrix and was a more grown-up role than Tomb Raider. I hadn't noticed McAvoy before and now want to see more that he has done. I didn't think that Morgan Freeman brought much more to the role than anyone would have done -perhaps I'm thinking again of The Matrix and how Morpheous was played.
There were enough twists for it not to be too predictable and some nice plants on the narrative that made sense later on. I even rated the background music as being perfectly pitched to the mood and the action.