A couple of good performances, but largely bound by mediocre writing that veered between hackneyed movie clichés and scenes that forced characters into rooms so they could have a conversation that needed to advance the plot but bore no real relation to reality as we know it. Examples include empty seats at child's recital, villains who somehow get children to high places for thinly veiled threats, car-chase-sprint-for-plane combos, predictable directorial "switcheroos" that reveal you weren't watching what you thought you were watching, and climactic scenes where co-villains turn on each other and confess truths that are narratively convenient but defy normal human behavior.
If this is what passes for decent writing-and judging by most professional reviews, it largely is-I'm starting to feel as out of place as a five-piece Tetris piece.
If this is what passes for decent writing-and judging by most professional reviews, it largely is-I'm starting to feel as out of place as a five-piece Tetris piece.