God, what a horrid piece of crap

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2008)

This movie is, frankly, terrible, and this is from a guy who enjoys Uwe Boll if he's drunk enough. The bullet-bending thing is about the only original bit of action; most of the action scenes rip off better action movies (with The Matrix and Equilibrium being the most notable, but it hardly stops there), and instead of enjoying them for the cheese they are, I just want to watch the better movies they're ripping off.
The characters, though, are the worst part, the protagonist in particular. Wesley is the most unsympathetic character I believe I've ever seen in a film, bar none. I had more pathos for Hitler in Der Untergang than I did for this guy. For 99.9% of the movie he is an absolute sociopath, lashing out violently at a world he thinks has wronged him when, in fact, his own behavior was the problem to begin with. Also, Angelina Jolie gives her usual sterling performance--I swear, they could've replaced her with a rock and you couldn't tell the difference. Except maybe the rock wouldn't look like a meth addict.
There are three good things about this movie. One, the Russian guy from Night Watch is in it, and that's pretty cool, even if he doesn't have much of a role. Two, Morgan Freeman says the f-word. Twice. It's kind of like hearing your kindly old grandfather curse for the first time in your life, both horrifying and hilarious. Yes, I have to scrape that low in the barrel. And third, this movie eventually ends, leaving you to weep for the two hours of your life you will never, ever have back.
God help us all if they make a sequel.