Zuzana Gabco

After watching Reese Witherspoon in this movie that felt more like the first run-through of through of a poorly written play, I reconsidered her alleged acting abilities. Of all the things I’ve seen this actress do, this has got to be the worst performance she’s ever delivered… but then again had she always been this bad ??? Jack Nicholson was Jack Nicholson. Predictable and disturbing. Owen Wilson, once again, plays the “hot” evasive stud muffin. (I would love to know how on Earth he got type cast like this???). And while I understood the need to sell one’s soul to some extent in order to make rent, Paul Rudd’s Jimmy-Stewart meets Donny Osmond performance made me utter the words, “Why, Paul, why?!”

Jennifer Lopez as Atlas was Jennifer Lopez as Atlas. I didn’t feel that she was immersed in the role; she remained a picture-perfect starlet posing for the camera even when she had a gash on her forehead. Her choices in characterizing her role were off; it would have made more sense for her to be emotionally dead the way the Colonel Elias described her.. instead.. what JLo brought to the table was an emotionally nauseating female who goes from killing the “head” after interrogating it, to whimpering that she is “not a Ranger”!! Also, Harlan’s AI powers were indicated by his fake coloured contacts. Really? Couldn’t have come up with ANYTHING else ? Laughable if it wasn’t sad.