Chris Olive

Well. If I could give it no stars then believe me I would. Being a child of the 80s i was buzzing to see the original film with all the action stars I had grown up watching. It was cheesy but did not disappoint and the sequel (much to my suprise) was an even better film. The 3rd however showed that there really wasn't a very long shelf life on this franchise. The the 4th was released and I have just got round to watching it after being hesitant for so long after seeing the trailer before it was released...... A HEAVILY diminished cast list that doesn't have even nearly the star power of the other films was already a black mark on the film before I had even watched it. (SPOILER) The decision to remove Stallone and put Megan Fox in his leadership role for most of the film was a very early indicator of the upcoming quality of the rest of the film due to her incredibly obvious lack of talent and lack of any real screen presence. The fact that his death was faked blah blah was pretty predictable given that, for the most part, he IS the franchise and his so called death looked too cheap and easy to be a genuine main character death. The plot itself as flimsy at best and wasn't remotely engaging after the first 10 minutes of the film and I often found myself going on my phone for a few minutes as the film did nothing at all to keep my attention. My biggest criticism and my God it is a massive massive one, is the CGI. I have watched hundreds of films and I struggle to remember one where the CGI has been so bad it makes you physically cringe. The whole of the film consisted of terrible green screen that they blended with a few practical effects. The first 2 films at least didn't skimp on the practical and there was literally no need for this one to rely so heavily on CGI given it's $100,000,000 budget. God knows how they spent all that money if this is what they camle up with. Most of the film was almost as if they had photoshopped real actors into a low budget cartoon. The idea of CGI is to create digital images etc that are supposed to make the viewer think that they're real. This took that idea, pulled its pants down and laughed at it. I could forgive a lackluster plot if there was a decent bit of star power, a decent story and good practical effects but this steaming pile of disappointment just made me want to smash up the t.v. If you haven't already seen it and come across this review before you decide to watch it.... please take this little pearl of wisdom and take note of it.... Don't bother watching it.

I am a huge advocate for Robert Pattinson as he gets way too much undue stick just because he was in twilight but the guy has real range and in this he shows another strong part of said range. I saw the trailers for this film and thought it looked interesting and worth the watch. Usually i would explain my thoughts on a film in the most reasoned and objective way I can to give people an honest opinion. However, I haven't the time nor the inclination to waste any more of my valuable time explaining why I was so wrong as I have wasted enough by sitting down to watch it. His acting is a solid 8/10 Premise is an equally solid 8/10 Execution overaĺl is a meager 4/10. Look at it this way, I fell asleep for 15 minutes of it about half way through.

My first instinct and thought when hearing this film was being made was..... why? The original is and always should be seen as the masterpiece it is and we all know that sequels are, more often than not, a disappointment which never live up to the original and for the most part that trend continues with gladiator 2. Having just watched the film I found myself torn at several points as to whether I thought this sequel was a good or a bad idea. Nothing should be taken away from the performance of Paul Mescal as I have to be fair to him and say that his performance was more than decent and Denzel Washington, although playing himself as usual, was as magnetic as ever. The story wasn't a bad idea either and had a good enough premise to have been a great film had it been a standalone film and not the sequel to one of the greatest movies of the 2000s. Some of the set pieces were visually great and brought back some memories of the original but it never really felt like much more than an attempt to try to recapture and reproduce the magic and spectacle of the much better and much more loved film that Ridley treated us to over 20 years ago. I can't give it 5 stars because it so far from deserving it but I can't give it 1 star because it's no 'snakes on a plane'. I have to be fair and see some of the positives in which was quite a messy story at points but well acted on the other hand. There is a possibility that adding the star power of Denzel and Pedro added a little shine that, if they had not been present, would've not been there but even they didn't drag up the standard of the film. The people who created this were relying on pure nostalgia and curiosity to sell the film and they will no doubt make damn good money from this but make no mistake that this movie will always live firmly in the shadow of it's epic predecessor.

Nothing worse than a film full of actors trying WAAAAY too hard to be funny. The Premise is original and some of the action is just about passable but overall it was every bit as disappointing as i knew it would be. Dialogue was mostly lazily written and acted just as badly. The only real plus is that Cena actually has some decent comedic timing.

I read nothing but negative comments and reviews about this film and have finally watched it so i could judge it myself and....... don't believe all your read. This was a decent film and it didn't feel like a shameful cash grab like i was led to believe it would be. It was visually great, the story was written well enough to tie nicely into the originals and it actually left me wanting another film even though it is highly unlikely there will be one. Give it a watch and judge for yourself.

Visuals 10/10 Cast 10/10 Story 10/10 I haven't been this engrossed in a film for a long time - in a science fiction film or otherwise. For a film heavily reliant on a characters visions of the future to come and potent imagery it didn't ever feel like the story was being given away. You just got enough to have an idea of what is to come but not enough to make anything obvious or spoil the journey ahead. The cast are superb and whereas some reviews complain of a lack of characters bonding and thus not aiding thr progression of the story, i feel this was in fact, a better approach. The acting of the material was enough to build a relationship between the many, many characters and myself. As the minutes remaining of the film ticked away i did not want it to end. I cannot wait for the next instalment.

Wheras i didnt like ragnarok that much in some parts as it leant too much on comedy and made thor a completely different character, this film took it way too far. It relied for the first half of the film at least on moment after cringey moment of forced comedy that really missed the mark. I really wanted to engage in a story that had masses of potential and couldve been the best thor film yet but this need for a terrible joke every 5 seconds ruined any hope of this being a quality film. Christian Bale was a redeeming feature but largely this film was a massive disappointment. Thor is no longer a superhero that can be taken seriously, rather a conveyor belt of cheesy jokes. I am not sure what film the five star givers watched but i am fairly certain it wasn't love and thunder. Everything since no way home has been an example of disney churning out masses of money making content at the expense of quality. It breaks my heart looking back at the quality of almost all of marvels releases prior to endgame and no way home and realising what it has now become. If i could've given this no stars, believe me i would've.

A lot better than i thought it would be based on past attempts at making a movie from this game fanchise. It wont bring in hundreds of millions but it's still worth a watch.

People aren't going to like this opinion. This was an absolutely terrible film. Urban had no presence whatsoever when dredd is supposed to be feared by criminals. Too much use of illuminous colours took anyway any sense of grit.

Literally smiled once in the first half an 45mins. Couldn't stomach anymore. Anyone that found this funny must have an IQ of less than 6. Parody movies died after scary movie 2.