Like a big mac served in a fancy restaurant.

Rating: 1/10 (28 May 2006)

My first criticism is that the film was WAY too short. The plot was rushed and incomplete. The characters lacked development, the story, being so hastily made, lacked emotion and substance. My second criticism is the script. The dialog was unbelievably bad. The lines were completely shallow and not usually more than a few words. It's hard to develop characters when they barely speak. My third criticism was the story itself. Without spoiling the movie, i'll just say that it did not draw a clear enough line between the 'good guys' and the 'bad guys', so you're watching them fight without even really knowing why (they appear to want the same thing). The film didn't establish the motives or goals for any of the characters. There is no clear protagonist, no clear antagonist. The entire movie is an ending, basically. The filmmakers seem to have expected the intense action to make up for the shortcomings of the script, but since there is no clear REASON for the action, it's all in vain. I hated the movie, and felt it was a major letdown. The first two films were great. This one lacks all the redeeming qualities those had. No character development, no story resolution. Major characters from the other two movies had minor bit parts in this one. Other characters behaved in ways that were completely contradictory to their morals (as established in the other films). Brett Ratner has made a mockery of a great film franchise.