Excellent but underrated film

Absolutely amazing

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

With so much crap out there I find myself watching this move again and again.

On paper this possibly held a lot of promise . A high concept plot mixing action and adventure as a man on a mission leads a couple of damsels though badlands where other people are on a mission to kill them . The unfortunate thing is that when printed page is transmuted in to a film being broadcast on my television quite often it loses a certain everything . In effect what is supposedly a clever thriller ends up a noisy mess with lots of explosions and the only thing worth cheering for is the end credits Set in the near future tough mercenary Toorop accepts a job from a Russian gangster to transport a teenage girl Aurora and her guardian Rebeka to America . From the outset Aurora hides a secret . According to Rebeka Aurora is a child prodigy who is multi-lingual and has superhuman knowledge . There's nothing to indicate this is true and the film at this point is guilty of the screen writing rule of " show don't tell " but then Aurora drops a bombshell by revealing she is pregnant even though she's still a virginIt's at this point I had a flashback to one of the late Christopher Hitchen's monologues on the immaculate conception: " What one's more likely ? The whole natural order coming to a stop for a moment in time or some Jewish minx telling a lie ? " . Considering Aurora is quite happy to make a pass at Toorop I'm guessing she's as pure as grey slushy snow with yellow bits speckled amongst it . And there's not a lot of ambiguity involved , this indeed the second coming though if it'd be a miracle if the movie deserves a second viewing Don't be taken in by the relatively impressive cast because none of them make an impact . Vin Diesel is there to spout lines , kill people and remind everyone a gym is no substitute for an acting school . The rest of the cast that include Depardieu , Rampling and Strong are obviously just there for the pay cheque in a film that is more interested in explosions that only exist in empty hollow films like this . You know the type of explosions I'm talking about , those ones that see a rocket with a warhead weighing about two pounds and yet the explosive yield is obviously twenty pounds of semtex and ten gallons of napalm . BTW have I mentioned this disposable Hollywood rubbish is directed by the same bloke who gave us LA HAINE . How high the mighty fall

First off, i rate this movie 10/10 because i chose not to over-analyze it; not that that's a bad idea. This movie DOES lack some major plot points that would help us understand the story, some of the acting is fairly average, and sometimes the movie is boring. However, as an action/sci-fi, the movie has some very interesting action sequences and cool technology. It shows a world that could potentially happen, both technologically and economically. This is NOT a movie to watch and then have a deep thoughtful discussion about. It's simply a movie to enjoy for all action, sci fi, and grim-dark fans to watch. 10/10 because a) i love vin diesel, and b) an entertaining and interesting movie to watch and think about.

Vin Diesel isn't a good actor to me. Unless he's doing nothing but kicking ass, I can't appreciate what he says. I'm not interested in him, really. This movie only made a fourth of what it cost, and it shows. Very few of the scenes were enjoyable. It dragged on and on, and it didn't even bother with a resolution. Sister Rebeka was a nice surprise though, since not many women got speaking roles in this movie.I understand that there were lots of production issues during filming, and that's to be expected. But when you put your values before the values of the person directing, it's time for you to step down from your position. I would have liked to see what Kassovitz wanted the movie to be.