An average movie

D.J. Caruso is one of those directors I keep following even though none of his movies were really mind-blowing. The point is that even though all the movies he has made were flawed, there was always something intriguing about them and this flick was not an exception. Basically, it is a "Twilight" version of our beloved super-hero flicks and, even though, it really sounds terrible when you hear it like this, there was actually some potential. The issue with this kind of features is that they spend way too much time on some boring and preposterous action pieces, when they should develop the characters instead (on the other hand, since it was produced by Michael Bay, it was rather naive from me to expect something else...). I mean, take 'Inception' for example, even if you don't like it, you have to admit that Nolan at least tried to develop some intriguing characters. Here, you just have your typical stereotypes going through a pedestrian plot so it was rather boring to watch. It also reminded me of 'Push', another similar failed attempt to create a franchise around some teenagers with some super-powers, in the sense that the makers managed to create an interesting world but instead of exploring the implications of such a chaotic world, they just chickened out and made it as bland as possible to make sure that the average audience wouldn't be challenged during one single minute while watching this. To conclude, I think my rating is actually pretty generous but I guess it is worth a look after all, especially if you like the genre.

6/10