Reviews

An absolutely asinine adaptation of a few chapters of one of the most cherished novels of my childhood. Any fan of the original story will be appalled by this movie. It has almost nothing to do with the book. I guess this is what the general public wants in a movie. And maybe if I hadn't ever read the book I wouldn't have hated it so much. The first three movies only slightly murdered the first three books. The first Hobbit movie was tolerable. This movie was so bad that I will never, ever watch the last one. This was almost the first movie I ever walked out of the theater during the showing. I only stayed because I did not care to make a scene.

I dislike Tom Cruise in general, so I was reluctant to see this movie. I was so worried it would be another asinine Misson Impossible movie. I'm so glad my wife pushed me to see it, as it was terrific. None of the super slo-mo CGI Matrix-type bullsh*t, just a Dirty Harry style movie with a great story and great bad guys and great fights. I don't believe there is any CGI in this movie at all! Amazing! Very old school, very surprising, very well done. I loved it and haven't seen a movie of this type that I enjoyed in a long, long time. I loved the way it ended... Fairly easy to see through the plot and figure out what is going on, but still very enjoyable. This is a MUST see for anyone who loved the Dirty Harry movies, or ones similar. Minimal fluff, no stupid romance, a believable plot and a good car chase. And bad guys killed the way they should be. Fantastic!