KimJong LongDong

Did myself and all others here watch the same film? The film where half the dialogue sounds like it was recorded in a studio and just strapped straight to the original scene without any editing? Where the main character inexplicably has no negative reaction to watching tens of people die horrific, inexplicable deaths before his very eyes, with no prior military experience, and is inferred to be almost a pacifist at the start of the film? Is this film acceptable to watch just to pass the time? sure. Do I regret watching it? Nah, there's certainly worse films I could have watched. but is it this great era defining sci-fi film these others reviews imply? Not even close. Honestly I don't know how this got 75% on Rotten Tomatoes.

In the past I had heard this film was terrible, so avoided it even though the trailer and the visuals I had seen of it really intrigued me. I finally decided to watch it, and I honestly don't know where I had heard it was terrible, because I thoroughly enjoyed it. The film answers enough questions throughout its plot for the ending to feel proper, and like not too much was missed out. However, there are just enough unanswered questions left, to allow discussion of the plot and the "enemy", which I really appreciate in a film. Overall, yeah I really enjoyed it and, if you are a fan of sci-fi, mystery sort of stuff, I'm sure you will too.

I wish google had a more detailed score than just 0-5 stars, as I wouldn't for example rate this at 100%, more like 90-95%. Its a superhero movie where a kid gets superpowers. You don't need spoilers or a detailed understanding of the plot to get the idea. Imagine when you were 14/15, you suddenly have superpowers thrust upon you, what do you do? Well this answers that. It doesn't feel too dorky, it doesn't feel infuriatingly stupid, the characters seem to act like pretty normal humans. In conclusions, its a superhero movie that doesn't take itself too seriously. If you want a bit of a breather from the girtty vibes DC movies and shows are going for, and a break from the serious, consequence filed recent Marvel movies, then I don't see why you wouldn't enjoy this.

The story is honestly one of the most forgettable and boring story lines I've ever seen in a film. The only redeeming part of this mess of a film was the 3 short fight scenes at the end of the film, and they were too short lived to redeem it. SPOILERS AFTER THIS POINT: The death of the "girlfriend" (was her name Abby? No idea she was possibly the most forgettable character), was played in the film as some big emotional plot point which was meant to make us empathize with Ray (the main character), but all that is shown of her in the film is that they are dating, and she has been kidnapped. Nothing else. Nothing to make us sad that she has died, and no indication other than an exposition dump at the start of the film to even show us they were dating. If anything I think that scene sums up this film. It had a lot of ideas, which could have come out good, but they tried to fit everything into an hour and a half runtime along with writing the story such that it made no sense, and its evident in the film. Don't bother watching it. If you do, save yourself the boredom and skip to the 3 final fight scenes, they're the only good bit.