Baby-long AD

This was based on a book. I really hope the book was a lot better, 'cos this movie was just bad. Even the director said so.

Most of the movie is straight forward, and most of it can be gotted from the trailer. Fine, not brilliant, but action orientated and can be withstood without too much pain. But then they get to the point of everything, and the big moment that's in the trailer (and the movie starts off with), and what happens next... when everything goes to pieces. Suddenly big plot points are brought up that haven't been touched on previously, and huge motivations are revealed that we're suddenly supposed to think are important, and... the ending happens. So incredibly not worth the build up...

Vin Diesel is his usual gravely voiced all action self. And Michelle Yeoh is just brilliant as ever (and we don't buy her Sister Act, you don't hire her in an action movie if you don't play on having her bust chops). And Melanie Thierry... is easy on the eyes, if not incredibly believable as the wunder-kind. The only other actor of note is the Merovingian... I mean Lambert Wilson. Not a movie for moving performances.

Frankly, don't stay for the ending. In fact, don't even bothered turning up for the movie before then either.

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