
Not bad at all. A bit worn down from the countess number of sci-fi action movies before it, but most of those sucked anyway.
Blantant Plot Device Theft:
1. Someone must utter the line "He's a Congressional Medal of Honor
winner. He know how to fight."
2. Protagonist thinks woman companion is weak; woman companion kicks
much ass and he throws out a one-liner.
3. Bruce Willis
4. Don't Touch the Red Button
Plot Revelations About Life:
1. Aliens always hide important artifacts in their body cavities.
2. The "perfect being" is an airhead model with a weird name
3. Science? This is Sci-Fi! We don't need no steenkeeng
science!
The Acting: ![]()
Bruce doesn't live up to his 12 Monkeys performance. He's been doing this so long, though, that it doesn't matter how different it is; it's John McClaine in space.
The rest of the cast is good, too, with Milla acting like a spaced-out chick in my writing class last year.
The Action:
Classic runandgun, with some very fine Bruce pistol-play. Some
of the slapstick comedy is better, though, especially the scene where everybody
(including the kitchen sink) try to recruit him.
The Directing:
Very good, very fluid, looks incredibly cool. He gets precisely
what he needs out of the actors and lets them go with what he gives them.
Gary Oldman is a perfect example of it. He is a seething hatepot,
but is not overthetop (Tommy Lee Jones in Batman Forever, anyone?).