I have to dwell of the direction by Steven Soderberg. To quote a friend of mine, "In...credible!" The way he jumps around time is awesome. He takes a part of a scene, a little part, and he takes these little parts of various scenes and puts them together. Temporal and spacial unity are thrown out the window to create an effect that nevertheless makes sense. We can follow the story with immense ease. Who would have thought?
This effect is used for dramatic effect at Peter Fonda's party (who has been better, but was still convincing nonetheless) where General Zod (I mean, Terrence Stamp) shoots him before the director cuts to him making his initial approach. He then shoots him again hitting another part of him. Was the first a dream or is this one or are they both? It's only until Luis Guzman (I like him a lot) grabs Stamp's arm that we know for sure... none of them happened!!!
Now the rest of the movie: the acting was great, but they seemed stifled by the dialogue which was fair but not great. I had some difficulty believing that Stamp KNEW that Fonda killed his daughter without any sort of evidence, and just started killing people. Although he was right, his initial action seemed almost fascist. This was later made up for the satisfying ending.
All in all: Pretty good or 7/10
This effect is used for dramatic effect at Peter Fonda's party (who has been better, but was still convincing nonetheless) where General Zod (I mean, Terrence Stamp) shoots him before the director cuts to him making his initial approach. He then shoots him again hitting another part of him. Was the first a dream or is this one or are they both? It's only until Luis Guzman (I like him a lot) grabs Stamp's arm that we know for sure... none of them happened!!!
Now the rest of the movie: the acting was great, but they seemed stifled by the dialogue which was fair but not great. I had some difficulty believing that Stamp KNEW that Fonda killed his daughter without any sort of evidence, and just started killing people. Although he was right, his initial action seemed almost fascist. This was later made up for the satisfying ending.
All in all: Pretty good or 7/10