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Absolutely horrible. Even if my expectations had been lower, I still would have been dissappointed. This is the type of thing I would have turned off mid-way through if it was a rental.

The first 20 minutes was absolutely bad-fucking-ass. After that, it gives up quicker than a 16yo boy on top of Mila Kunis. If they had made the entire 2 hours like the first 20 minutes and called it Black Machete it would have been pure WIN.

The storytelling is uneven. I didn't really like Denzel, and I didn't entirely dislike Oldman. Mila Kunis looked like a dustmop. The action is unrealistic and non-sensical at times. Several times I was like "ok, why did that happen like that." The behavior of the characters is not consistent...Oldman's right-hand man morphs from a hardass that will shoot his own man in the face for failure, to a merciful gentleman who can't bring himself to shoot Denzel, and then finally comes out as a softy who is carrying a flame for Mila's character. It's just ridiculous.

The twist ending is nice in concept and would have made Rod Serling proud, but it's pulled off with such a total lack of grace and style that it's unforgivable. Most of the actors seemed to realize that this was a piece of shit about halfway through and just dialed it in. Oldman was not at his best.

The style and setting reminded me of Fallout 3. I should have just stayed home and played that.

The bolo work he did was SWEET...the time spent training with Inosanto and Imada paid off and is one of the few highpoints of the film. Unfortunately, it's all loaded at the front of the film, and they overdid it a bit with him just blazing through a dozen guys at a time and lopping off heads like blowing out a candle. A little too much, imo.

Too bad.
I'll just have to wait for Merantau.

Merantau-
http://vimeo.com/2004521

Odd. I heard a movie critic give the film a B+ rating. Guess I'll have to see the film for myself to decide.

what's the twist at the end?

SPOILER ALERT!!!!







The Bible he's been carrying all along is in braille, so Oldman's character has no use for it once he gets it. Denzel's character then recites the Bible from memory (he's been readin it for 30 years) to a group holed up in Alcatraz and they make copies. While it doesn't come out and say it, the ending implies that Denzel's character was blind all along...which is a little stupid given the way he was interacting with others and the shit he was doing earlier in the movie.

One of the worst films I've seen in a decade...I'm shocked the critics haven't savaged this thing.

thanks, i'll give it a pass

Worst movie? Hardly.

Was it a great movie? No.

I give it 2 1/2 satrs out of 5. I'll definately watch it again when it's available on Netflix.

Saw it. Liked it.

Not a thinking man's movie and if you see it with that in mind it is enjoyable IMO.

It lacks sufficient zombies.

Good, not great, flick. The blindness part makes sense in a metaphysical sense, but is a little unrealistic. Oldman was not at his best, at all. Nice work by Denzel though.

The Unflushable DEATHTURD wrote:Oldman was not at his best, at all.

Exactly, I was anticipating a Heath Ledger/Joker type of performance, and he just fell flat.