Deep, complex, and shocking

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2010)

The storyline presented in the movie was very deep and complex, wonderful if you're into the background psychology of people. You get some interesting "prequel" story lines to explain the current situation arising in the movie, which points out that even "superheroes" are often merely human. The one disturbing part of the movie for me was the sometimes blatant, drawn out violence in some of the scenes, including one in which one of the characters is seen repeatedly hacking another character to death with a meat cleaver. It might have been more artistically effective to "suggest" such violence than to so directly present it.
This is definitely an "adult" film, due to the extreme violence. I would have rated this movie as NC-17, and I definitely would NOT take anyone under the age of 18 to see this movie.