The trailers really hyped me up for this, but the fact that it had released kind of snuck up on me. I had a quick look at some IMDB reviews and was surprised at the 6.7 rating. The reviews seemed to be split along a not unfamilar line of "boring and pointless" vs "appreciate it for what it is". Well I thought I'd fit into the latter given the premise. An ultra-sexy comic-stylised action movie from the director of 300, what could go wrong? Well, everything.
Firstly, the acting, terrible. The story, shit. The plot, nonsensical, seriously - imagine watching the third Matrix film with out seeing the first two and trying to make sense of it. It pretty much doesn't even try to make sense.
You're left falling asleep waiting for the next action piece to start, but considering it is actually an action film maybe they will hold the film up? Er, no. The very first fight was great, a real sense of weight to a twenty foot tall samurai and good choreography. After that though, despite looking fantastic, they were mostly utterly boring. There are two main things which I think contributed to that. One, the 12a rating, and two, guns. One of the girls has a sword which is far more interesting than the others with M16s. More melee, more blood please.
TL;DR: It's shit. I wouldn't say avoid it, but prepare for a potential let down.
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