If you like a silly action spectacle with special effect to make the eyes bleed, then this may be right up your street, otherwise you will probably find it difficult to even make it to the credits.
What I will say is that the Wachowski's have at least created an interesting universe. Sadly this only really seems to have been fleshed out in their own heads. The plot is at times so convoluted that it was honestly 40 minutes into proceedings before I even knew what the hell was going on. There is some terrible editing at the beginning of this movie.
Mila Kunis serves this movie only for the sake of exposition and is not at all believable, as a princess or a human. Channing Tatum pretty much plays the same part he has in most of his movies except now he has pointy ears, guy-liner and magic boots. Sean Bean is reliable but that's about it. Eddie Redmayne on the other hand, wow. I couldn't actually believe this was the same guy who just won an Academy Award. For the supposed main antagonist of the film he is laughably unthreatening, it looked like a strong gust of wind would blow him over, and for some bizarre reason he affects a whispering Maggie Thatcher-like accent for the entire movie which makes him difficult to understand.
The visual effects are likely to keep the young 'uns entertained, and for what it's worth they are fairly impressive in certain sections, however some of the action sequences are so busy you've got absolutely no idea what is happening other that big explosions and Channing Tatum looking intense.
I forced my way through to the end (stopping to write this review 20 minutes before as I could feel my retinas were beginning to detach) and if you are over 13 years old you'll probably feel the same.
If you like big dumb action-fests with the male lead rescuing the heroine over and over again against a backdrop of bright colours and explosions, have at it, otherwise I would avoid like the plague.
What I will say is that the Wachowski's have at least created an interesting universe. Sadly this only really seems to have been fleshed out in their own heads. The plot is at times so convoluted that it was honestly 40 minutes into proceedings before I even knew what the hell was going on. There is some terrible editing at the beginning of this movie.
Mila Kunis serves this movie only for the sake of exposition and is not at all believable, as a princess or a human. Channing Tatum pretty much plays the same part he has in most of his movies except now he has pointy ears, guy-liner and magic boots. Sean Bean is reliable but that's about it. Eddie Redmayne on the other hand, wow. I couldn't actually believe this was the same guy who just won an Academy Award. For the supposed main antagonist of the film he is laughably unthreatening, it looked like a strong gust of wind would blow him over, and for some bizarre reason he affects a whispering Maggie Thatcher-like accent for the entire movie which makes him difficult to understand.
The visual effects are likely to keep the young 'uns entertained, and for what it's worth they are fairly impressive in certain sections, however some of the action sequences are so busy you've got absolutely no idea what is happening other that big explosions and Channing Tatum looking intense.
I forced my way through to the end (stopping to write this review 20 minutes before as I could feel my retinas were beginning to detach) and if you are over 13 years old you'll probably feel the same.
If you like big dumb action-fests with the male lead rescuing the heroine over and over again against a backdrop of bright colours and explosions, have at it, otherwise I would avoid like the plague.