A fun, summer popcorn movie

Rating: 6/10 (4 August 2008)

If you just sit back and enjoy the movie as a fun, summer popcorn flick, it's not so bad. We've seen these CGI tricks before in the Matrix but they're still fun especially when people crash through the windows in slow motion. The only time I found the CGI really bothersome, was in really wide overhead shots like when they're running on top of the trains. This type of CGI didn't look real in Titanic back in the '90s and it seems they still haven't been able to improve much on it. It's nice to see Morgan Freeman playing a character who's not quite as saintly as the ones he's usually asked to do. Angelina Jolie is also good in this although the role doesn't ask her to do a lot other than watch the training sessions. James McAvoy is good as usual and the woman who plays his boss is hilarious. It's quite the scene stealing role.