What happened to the story?

Rating: 3/10 (30 May 2006)

I saw this on the first night it was out, and I left feeling so disappointed. Something was missing, everything was missing. As afaithfulday noted, the first two movies were good, the third was mostly clichéd Hollywood crap. The only thing it had going for it was a little bit of suspense/tension, but that was not enough.
In the first two movies, there was a resonating story, strong themes woven throughout. In this one, it seemed to be all about cramming in as many witty one-liners and special effects as possible. There were a few weak attempts at stringing a story together, but it was so choppy and rushed there was almost no continuity. I left the theater thinking that there had to be a super-extended DVD release in the works, because what I had just seen couldn't possibly have been release-worthy.
What a shame. It could have been (should have been) so much more.