I've read bloodshot comics for years and I think the casting could have been better - Ray is supposed to have military style dark hair with a side part-and I could have gone for a bit more dialog, but for a debut effort, this was a stellar attempt. It's far less superhero or comicy and more sci-fi action than anything. My friends with me knew nothing about Bloodshot and both loved it. One was a tech guy and laughed at all the geeky jokes. Some of the action is pretty fresh-I mean, every action movie has a car chase, an explosion and a lot of fight scenes, but can you throw in some thing different? There's a few places that are very unique. There's some room for improvement, but Valiant prides themselves on making their comics great, so I'd say they will get better and better because they will take criticism as a learning tool. I'd really give this a 4.5, but 5 is close enough.