An excellent edition to the franchise with Shane Black's stamp all over it.
The twist involving the Mandarin is both the film's strength and weakness. The fanboy in me feels a little let down by it, especially after the mega bad-ass he's painted out to be in all the publicity for the film, but the fact that a major studio has allowed the rug to be pulled from under us in such a way shows balls. The filmmakers therefore deserve respect, Black in particular, for the misdirection that they have so successfully managed to get away with.
What also makes this action so forgivable is the fact that the film is just so darn entertaining in every other respect, and Aldritch Killian more than makes up for it in the villain department, played brilliantly by the ever underrated Guy Pearce.
8/10
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Most will be pissed by what happens at the end, but for me, I was just happy to get ready and fired-up for this summer. Good review Bryan.
ReplyDeleteThank you friend. Yeah, it's a very good start to what promises to be a really good summer of movies. I'm really looking forward to Star Trek Into Darkness and Man of Steel.
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