Direction and script were the weakest part here, it was like a feminist/animal rights activist patching together a bunch of random sequences and calling it a film. As much as the message in the film is grand, the movie did not do it justice.
Hostages were extremely annoying but somehow managed to survive in the middle of a gun fight by just standing out there in the open and the lioness, an added afterthought to promote feminism the way I see it, just happen to kill the villains (twice) in order to not end the movie early. What's more, it feels like the characters in the film were just making stupid irrational decisions to again, promote feminism (when the girls decide to run out into the middle of a gunfight and that over exaggerated shout scene towards Pata).
The next weakest thing would probably be VFX. Those blood mists made the film look really cheap, so were some of the muzzle flashes. Lioness herself was passable as a CGI however.
Megan Fox was always clean and unhurt when her teammates were in tatters. It is however good to see a female lead role that is not used to support a male lead and in my opinion her acting was passable in this film. I believe she does have the potential for niche lead roles if the direction and script were better.
All in all 4/10. Nothing against feminism or animal rights activism if done right but there are structures to films to make deliveries impactful. Just because someone had a good message he or she want to deliver behind scenes does not make it good or significant if it was made with such poor thought.
Hostages were extremely annoying but somehow managed to survive in the middle of a gun fight by just standing out there in the open and the lioness, an added afterthought to promote feminism the way I see it, just happen to kill the villains (twice) in order to not end the movie early. What's more, it feels like the characters in the film were just making stupid irrational decisions to again, promote feminism (when the girls decide to run out into the middle of a gunfight and that over exaggerated shout scene towards Pata).
The next weakest thing would probably be VFX. Those blood mists made the film look really cheap, so were some of the muzzle flashes. Lioness herself was passable as a CGI however.
Megan Fox was always clean and unhurt when her teammates were in tatters. It is however good to see a female lead role that is not used to support a male lead and in my opinion her acting was passable in this film. I believe she does have the potential for niche lead roles if the direction and script were better.
All in all 4/10. Nothing against feminism or animal rights activism if done right but there are structures to films to make deliveries impactful. Just because someone had a good message he or she want to deliver behind scenes does not make it good or significant if it was made with such poor thought.