had potential

Rating: 4/10 (11 July 2005)

This movie had excellent visuals, and the acting between the two main characters Tom Cruze and Dakota Fanning superb as usual. However the lack of solid plots and the fizzeling out of the entire movie itself is what made me give this movie such a low rating. I read the original story a while back and have to say that it isn't one of my favorites for that very same reason. I expected that since the director added a lot of things that weren't in the book he would revise the way the story ended as well. If he had focused more on the issue that actually decided the outcome of the "war" it would have been one of the best movies of the year. Alas he stuck true to form and it was a very drawn out disappointing film. WHAT POTENTIAL!!!