The original movie was a very clever but as I stated in it's review un-original sc-fi that robs all it's ideas from all the best sci-fi movies of the past 30 years. This is no acception, but where the original succeded, this is let down by thinking it's too clever than it is. It does have fantastic ideas, but a film that is set in a vertual world, with this many effects, just seems so hollow and uninvolving. Even the much hyped 15 minute car chase just seems a excuse for alot of CGI effects mixed in with the real life, and is that long verges on overkill and looses alot of the excitement it should have. The Destruction derby in Bad Boys 2 is far better as most of that was done for real. The plot is a mess and very confusing, thinking it's clever, when all it is, is poorly written. Effects don't make a movie and this is a perfect example. But when you a looking at effects this good, it's impossible to dislike this over reaching sci-fi opera.
Not the classic as some say, but… more »

The original movie was a very clever but as I stated in it's review un-original sc-fi that robs all it's ideas from all the best sci-fi movies of the past 30 years. This is no acception, but where the original succeded, this is let down by thinking it's too clever than it is. It does have fantastic ideas, but a film that is set in a vertual world, with this many effects, just seems so hollow and uninvolving. Even the much hyped 15 minute car chase just seems a excuse for alot of CGI effects mixed in with the real life, and is that long verges on overkill and looses alot of the excitement it should have. The Destruction derby in Bad Boys 2 is far better as most of that was done for real. The plot is a mess and very confusing, thinking it's clever, when all it is, is poorly written. Effects don't make a movie and this is a perfect example. But when you a looking at effects this good, it's impossible to dislike this over reaching sci-fi opera.
Not the classic as some say, but amazing effects does sweeten the shallowness!