John A Massie's Review

Summary - Good 3.0

Its got great action but all the stuff with his wife back home is kinda crap. Read the graphic novel, its better.

Acting - Very Good 3.5

Nothing great but nothing to complain about either.

Film - Perfect 5.0

Edge - Horrid 4.0

A lot of violence but very stylised. Also a rape.

Reality - Fantasy 5.0

2 Comments

• Spaceghost May 19, 2008 6:23AM

  Thank you for the kind words. I’ll be honest, though, I wasn’t too sure of the movie at first for much the same reasons. I thought it was visually excellent, but it was a departure from the comic and I was a huge fan of the comic from day one. The comic was not anywhere near as polished or pretty. It was very rough and brutal. A lot of the same story elements were there, but the look was much, much different. But the more I thought about it and after the second viewing things fell into place and felt much better for me. Now its got to be one of my favorites out there.

• Wick May 18, 2008 4:21PM

  Wow. Great review Spaceghost! You make such a passionate and well argued case for the movie’s perfection that I was left wondering why the Trust Weighted Score was only a Good. So I went browsing through the reviews and it turns out I’m part of the reason. (Oops, “I’ve met the enemy, and it is me.”)

  So now I want to see the movie again, perhaps to raise the rating upon second viewing.

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