Spoiler Warning - this review doesn't go into details but may contain some spoilers.
I'm usually a fan of Mann's work but this was a major disappointment. It's a long time since I've actually considered walking out of a movie in the first fifteen minutes but I have to be honest, I was thinking can I really sit through to the end and if I do, will I deserve a medal.
I noticed at the very beginning that there was an issue with the sound and I couldn't decide if it was just our cinema but I'd be interested if others found the same problems. Sure there were scenes where they intended for the sound to be toyed with but it just never seemed right throughout the entire movie, mainly too quiet.
I think the choice of Hemsworth as lead was a poor one too. There were many pretty boy shots permeating throughout the film that just seemed to be included to show how good looking Hemsworth is and not because they had any particular relevance. There were also the topless scenes of him showing his muscles but really the film should have focused more on his brains really, considering he was supposed to be a Computer genius of sorts. You might as well have been watching adverts for male grooming products instead of the actual film in places.
There were some Gun battles but if you've seen Heat, they might as well have been cut and pasted in, nothing original but I hear people saying this is Mann, what do you expect. So won't dwell on those too much.
So to some it up, this is a film that will soon go into the recycle bin of my mind.
Not the worst I've seen but certainly one of the most disappointing, considering it was a Mann film.
I'm usually a fan of Mann's work but this was a major disappointment. It's a long time since I've actually considered walking out of a movie in the first fifteen minutes but I have to be honest, I was thinking can I really sit through to the end and if I do, will I deserve a medal.
I noticed at the very beginning that there was an issue with the sound and I couldn't decide if it was just our cinema but I'd be interested if others found the same problems. Sure there were scenes where they intended for the sound to be toyed with but it just never seemed right throughout the entire movie, mainly too quiet.
I think the choice of Hemsworth as lead was a poor one too. There were many pretty boy shots permeating throughout the film that just seemed to be included to show how good looking Hemsworth is and not because they had any particular relevance. There were also the topless scenes of him showing his muscles but really the film should have focused more on his brains really, considering he was supposed to be a Computer genius of sorts. You might as well have been watching adverts for male grooming products instead of the actual film in places.
There were some Gun battles but if you've seen Heat, they might as well have been cut and pasted in, nothing original but I hear people saying this is Mann, what do you expect. So won't dwell on those too much.
So to some it up, this is a film that will soon go into the recycle bin of my mind.
Not the worst I've seen but certainly one of the most disappointing, considering it was a Mann film.