Ratner finally managed to left an impression of some kind

Rating: 8/10 (11 June 2006)

At first I was a little scared of what might come out of this. Brett Ratner's work so far hadn't left me any big impression. But when I saw the movie I quite liked it. It's full of action and great visual effects. Although at some cases it's quite predictable. And a negative thing - some characters left too quickly and quietly. Would've want to see something more impressive. The skating scene was visually quite enjoyable. As well as the Golden Gate scene. Of course I'm very impressed again by the good old cast (always magnificent Ian McKellen, hot and sweaty Hugh Jackman and pretty Famke Janssen) And I was glad again to see Aaron Stanford (whom I've liked since his very first movie "Tadpole"). And I liked seeing Ben Foster (who made truly an amazing role in "Bang, Bang, You're Dead") as Angel. Although I really would've liked to learn much more about his character. I think that the length of the movie is probably too short :D But hopefully there will be an extended edition for the DVD. And hopefully they will really end the movie with the third part. Otherwise they will probably ruin it forever. 8/10