An unknown director tries his hand at a big budget fantasy
and fails, seems like a running trend in Hollyweird anymore. While we are on the subject, here's another
puzzling and disturbing trend; trying to make a good vs. evil flick where the
characters are so much of both, the whole purpose and conflict gets lost in
translation. Okay, now that we have
covered that, the effects are decent but the cinematography is so rapid and
clunky you miss out on a lot of it. And
the concept ain't half bad; slightly original, but it is so poorly executed and
acted that any hint of uniqueness or hope of engagement is totally lost. As for the cast, for starters, Bridges is
simply awful. He tries to be a dark,
surly, scorned warrior, but it ends up looking like a bad copy of something
Harrison Ford would have been typecast in but readily turned down. Add in, Harington whose performance is so
lackluster his character should have been called the Sominex Son. His love interest, Vikander fares no
better. Moore is the only bright spot in
this medieval mess, playing her version of an edgier and more evil Jolie in
Maleficent. But it is not bright enough
to shine any redeeming light on the remaining ensemble or overall story,
however. 0 out of 5 Kernels: hopefully
cinematic birth control is introduced to this potential franchise to avoid the
conception of any further sequel siblings.
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