An average movie

Honestly, I had some rather low expectations concerning this flick. Indeed, even though I enjoyed the TV-show as a kid, I never thought it was really amazing and TV shows adaptations tend to be rather disappointing especially they are based solely on name recognition just to make some easy money. Eventually, I must say that I was actually pleasantly surprised by the damned thing. Sure, it was still nothing amazing but I thought it was not bad at all and I was entertained throughout the whole thing. The first thing they got right was the cast. Liam Neeson and Quinton Jackson were both pretty good, even though I can't remember that Hannibal was such a badass in the TV show. Above all, Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley were pretty amazing and they delivered some pitch-perfect performances. In my opinion, the only weakness in the cast was Jessica Biel. I mean, she tried very hard, that's obvious, but she was just too young for such a part and it would have worked better with someone like Angelina Jolie for example. The other thing I enjoyed was the humor and the dialogues were just hilarious. The bottom line was that the tone was just perfect and I was laughing during most of the duration. The action scenes were obviously really preposterous and over the top but it was exactly the point here. The only weakness, I guess, was that the story was just too pedestrian and remained in the safe zone without being really challenging whatsoever. Still, I actually had a good time watching this flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10