super rad! very layered and even a bit funny in parts, and lots of shit blows up real good while also having a compelling plot. the protagonist is a killer good actor – i’m a sucker for a hero that starts out a nebbish, as well as faux documentaries.
occasionally a wee bit heavy on the Anvil of Morality, but i liked this movie when it was called Enemy Mine so i didn’t mind.
i like a movie that knows itself and commits 100% to whatever crazy shit it has set out to do. Jason Statham is playing essentially the same guy he plays in Guy Ritchie’s movies, which is subtly different than the guy he plays in all his other movies. i can’t really describe the difference, except that one is awesome and hilarious and the other is just lame. THIS is the AWESOME one. this movie was so manly, i grew a beard just watching it.
Sam Worthington is superb, but this suffered from a criminally bad script. the plot was far too thin and mostly stupid, padded with cliche dialog. everyone did the best they could, but with this script the movie should have been 45 minutes long. but Sam Worthington; holy crap, he’s good. and Ron Howard’s girl is a beautiful creature to look upon.
and you know what else? the cinematography sucked ass, and the DP deserved the reaming Christian Bale gave him. after watching this, I’M going to go kick Shane Hurlbut’s ass. everything was colored too cold and shot too close – it was like watching TV, except the Terminator TV show is better shot than this movie. had a significant impact on my already-strained suspension of disbelief.