Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bill Nighy, Bokeem Woodbine, John Cho and Will Yun Lee. Directed by Len Wiseman.
★½
There were two good things about this movie. First, the special effects are great. Good job by the tech team, and I imagine it looked good in 3D on the big screen. Second, there's a scene where Quaid (Farrell) is taking a break from all the chasing, and he rests against a piano, something he wishes he knew how to play. But then he discovers he can play it. It's a nice moment of discovery by Farrell, a good human pause to all the mindless action.
But the rest of it is high-speed junk. There's turning off your brain, and then there's turning off the laws of physics. There's a gunfight in zero-G that just took way too many liberties with logic. There's the plot twists you'd see coming a mile away even if you're not familiar with the original. There's the fact that Jessica Biel's in it, and when's the last time her presence signified a good movie? There's the deliberate borrowing of the art direction from Minority Report.
Stick to the Arnold version.
1 comment:
The cast and action make this predictable story a whole lot more enjoyable, but it’s still the same, old formula as the original. Except this time, it’s without all of the hilarious Arnie one-liners. Nice review John.
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