Review Time: this project is mixed.
Fundamental elements: there are voice-over elements, cultural elements, slow-motion
effects, words on screen, yes and no to subtitles being used, mental imagery,
background music, time jumps and place jumps.
Now usually
I don't say this too often or at the very least this directly, I have to say
that the fundamental elements have or had a big impact on the marking of this
film, which I will discuss later but for now I can say this; the fundamental
elements really made this project hard work to watch and sucked a large amount
of my interest out of this title.
If I had to
pinpoint one thing for you to look out for there are so many place jumps that
may have words on screen or not I can't remember too well, that this film is
back-and-forth over there, back over here and so on and so forth, yes when it
settles down it is something kind of solid, but then again I can't remember if
when it settles down if it remains settle down or not.
Action sequences: there are weapons being used and explosions and those kinds of
things.
Performances: now for most parts they range from poor to mixed, it is always good
to see Timothy Olyphant in a project [of what projects I have seen this
performer in, he either stands out or does something with the material he has
been given or is a reliable performer] and for our lead performer Vin Diesel,
he leads this film with his larger-than-life stage presence, now I was thinking
of how to put this nicely, but I may as well just come out and say it; he
carries this project for heavy amount of the time, in fact when Olyphant and
Diesel are on screen together in fairness and balance this is when the project
is going through one of its better moments. On a quick positive side note if
these two performers were contracted to another film title together, I wouldn't
mind seeing that as long as they were put in two main character roles.
This film receives: 4/10, like I said earlier I would discuss a little bit more about the
fundamental elements in short based on these there are different sections of
this title where I could give different marks, because when this film settles
down or something like this then it is workable on many levels and not
forgetting I can only give one mark. But it is worthwhile mentioning again,
because this project sucked my interest out quickly and early on, maybe it was
fighting an up-hill battle just for the record I am not making any excuses I'm
just trying to give you a balanced review.
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