The plot of this movie is hard-to-believe, at best. But then, this is true of many action films. However, what could have been a pretty decent action movie is completely RUINED by the editing of this film. During the action scenes, most camera shots last two seconds, tops. This makes it almost impossible to follow the action.
Instead of understanding what is happening, the viewer is left just staring at the screen as a series of images fly past. At one point, a car plummets down an elevator shaft. The car crashes at the bottom, and our hero starts to get out of the car. How will he get out? We'll never know as the camera cuts away to an aerial scene, and an explosion occurs that takes out the entire elevator shaft. Did he get away? Well, of course he did; this is an action flick, and the hero can't die! But it's left as an exercise for the viewer to figure out how he escaped such a large explosion. Pff ... whatever!
I, for one, will be thrilled when this current fad fades, and we can go back to watching much more enjoyable films where the camera can hold a shot for tens of seconds.
Instead of understanding what is happening, the viewer is left just staring at the screen as a series of images fly past. At one point, a car plummets down an elevator shaft. The car crashes at the bottom, and our hero starts to get out of the car. How will he get out? We'll never know as the camera cuts away to an aerial scene, and an explosion occurs that takes out the entire elevator shaft. Did he get away? Well, of course he did; this is an action flick, and the hero can't die! But it's left as an exercise for the viewer to figure out how he escaped such a large explosion. Pff ... whatever!
I, for one, will be thrilled when this current fad fades, and we can go back to watching much more enjoyable films where the camera can hold a shot for tens of seconds.