I began by giving this film a 7 and my opening line was "If you are wanting to leave disbelief at the door and immerse yourself in mindless fun then this is a good choice ....", only, this wasn't all fun. You had some fun, and the rest, when looked at objectively, was garbage AND WE WATCHED THIS IN RPX which makes me wonder how many others who are giving it glowing reviews (aside from reviewing only this one film), are doing so because of the theater experience, and not the film itself.
The problem I have, is that if the creators this time around wanted to give us just action and adventure, they should have done that and just left all the boring and annoying parts out. Even the chemistry between Owen and Claire was dead, no matter how many times the camera held her looking at him with parted lips and a dreamy gaze. The baddies were just silly. Also, many of the parts that may have been moved to the fun or good column were ruined by the Franklin computer guy or the other character meant to assuage the PC crowd (and I say that as a living, breathing, card carrying liberal). The little cloned girl was there for one purpose (I won't give it away), but her story was dumb. They literally could have introduced her at the beginning as "This is Macey, a clone of my daughter", and it would not have made a difference except for allowing them to cut out all the unnecessary scenes spent on this that drama.
The more I think about it, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are right.
Theater Experience: 8 Film itself: 3
The problem I have, is that if the creators this time around wanted to give us just action and adventure, they should have done that and just left all the boring and annoying parts out. Even the chemistry between Owen and Claire was dead, no matter how many times the camera held her looking at him with parted lips and a dreamy gaze. The baddies were just silly. Also, many of the parts that may have been moved to the fun or good column were ruined by the Franklin computer guy or the other character meant to assuage the PC crowd (and I say that as a living, breathing, card carrying liberal). The little cloned girl was there for one purpose (I won't give it away), but her story was dumb. They literally could have introduced her at the beginning as "This is Macey, a clone of my daughter", and it would not have made a difference except for allowing them to cut out all the unnecessary scenes spent on this that drama.
The more I think about it, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are right.
Theater Experience: 8 Film itself: 3