mediocre, over-done, already seen action movie

Rating: 5/10 (7 August 2008)

flashy action scenes and special effects did not compensate for the ludicrous plot, unreliable characters and feeling that i've already seen parts of it before. Bottom line-this movie is just over doing it!
for me it felt like the movie borrowed something from too many movies: The Matrix, Night Watch(cold, harsh, brutal bloodiness), Equilibrium and many more...
the only amusing event happened after I compared this movie to Night Watch, only to find that it was directed by the same director-Timur Bekmambetov. I'm sorry to say that this time he failed to deliver.
plus side: excellent music