Ohboy. Nearly ended it right at the start, as soon as I saw the obligatory family group with the obligatory smartass, eye-rolling, angst-ridden teen. CHECK. Younger sibling with headphones in back: CHECK. Mom not slapping smirk off teen. NOPE.
Russell Crowe was enough draw and pulled off a very strange character (curious how much he was personally trolling or just having fun with it) as well as his priest helper. Thus about 10 minutes in, I find myself at the same point we all have: shrug. Aw, nothing better on so may as well let it roll while I cook dinner. No real rewind moments besides gawking at the superior sets. Shrug.
Except for jumpscare cats or the kid NOT having asthma or some other insufferable medical condition, it was a bland assembly-line of the usual offerings with the only curiosity or originality being in the sequence served. Then the inevitable WTF CGI-stuffed flash climax. Sigh. Some noted an absurd "power up" sound around that point but I swear I heard a burst of an engine firing up like on Flight of the Phoenix. Or my imagination. Hard to tell here. Just a standard fare with very good production values.
Russell Crowe was enough draw and pulled off a very strange character (curious how much he was personally trolling or just having fun with it) as well as his priest helper. Thus about 10 minutes in, I find myself at the same point we all have: shrug. Aw, nothing better on so may as well let it roll while I cook dinner. No real rewind moments besides gawking at the superior sets. Shrug.
Except for jumpscare cats or the kid NOT having asthma or some other insufferable medical condition, it was a bland assembly-line of the usual offerings with the only curiosity or originality being in the sequence served. Then the inevitable WTF CGI-stuffed flash climax. Sigh. Some noted an absurd "power up" sound around that point but I swear I heard a burst of an engine firing up like on Flight of the Phoenix. Or my imagination. Hard to tell here. Just a standard fare with very good production values.