What a confusing and muddled film! Non-existent characterisation, Camilla Belle's inability to display emotion, thin and unoriginal plot(doesn't do anything new for the 'realistic superhero' genre), inconsistencies run throughout, weak and non-threatening villains and worst of all - no heart. Why should I care about these characters, when there's no development whatsoever, so no reason to invest any kind of emotional involvement in them? It's all far too convenient how characters come together or meet their demise.
The people with powers are given daft names, unintentionally funny scenes(like the screaming 'Bleeders' - see what I said about daft names?), heck even the 3 main action scenes are nothing special to redeem this! It's not a thriller, like it's being advertised as, really as there's no real sense of edge-of-seat tension, you know, like thrillers should have. So there goes any advantages for lovers of brainless cinema, then as it would probably even enrage popcorn-flick cinema goers.
Only few good things are: Evans and Fanning's acting(they're not brill, but do their best with such an awful script), the colourful cinematography's alright, decent SFX and it's surreal, fun tone, but it has more bad than good, I'm afraid. I haven't ranted so much about a film since the last Bond film: Quantum of Solace! It's basically a set up for a hopefully abandoned sequel, indicated by the cliffhanger ending.
Overall: This is the epitome of all flash and NO substance. Stick with your X-Men films and TV series Heroes as there's nothing worthwhile to see here, really - it's just very sub-par. Hopefully, Watchmen will make up for this rubbish. 3.5/10, and that's generous compared to 1s and 2s I've seen given from critics and reviewers on IMDb alike.
