I had a distinct feeling of aprehension before watching this movie, being a fan of the original 80's show, so of course, I would go into this movie with a biased opinion. For so long now we have been plagued by awful remakes of classic shows or movies, like The Avengers, The Prisoner, Charlies Angels, Miami Vice... The list is endless...
However, I must say, this is pretty good in my honest opinion, it feels like a good rebuking of a classic series, and it has been fully loaded with CGI and ham acting, to say the least.
If you watch this movie, try to distance yourself from the preconceptions of other remakes that have been botched in the past and try to watch it for what it is and I guarantee you will enjoy it more.
The characters are decent, and it's a pleasure to see Sharlto Copley having his full on debut in this movie and for me he pulls it off rather well... He's no Dwight Shultz, but who would be?
Liam Neeson is solid as ever, the man could botch his lines and fart on camera and I'd still find him entertaining, he's become a character now and when you want Liam Neeson, that is what you get, Liam Neeson.
As for Bradley Cooper, well, he lives us to his Characters name, he could have easily played the character Murdoch as much as Sharlto could probably have played Face. But either way, he still fills the role with some certain degree of charm and smarm.
The only weak link, unfortunately, is B.A and I wouldn't put it all down to the actor neither. I don't know whether they have done a "Batman Begins" thing here, but B.A in this is... uninspiring and slightly parodied to the extent of sheer negligance. He is the show's tragic hero and we are supposed to feel a certain degree of sympathy towards him in this movie, but it falls short... I'm sorry, but I cringed every time I saw him on screen, and also I winced out how his lines where delivered at times, he mumbles a lot...
Overall, this movie is entertaining and is a good "Pizza-Booze" movie with your mates, it has a little misdirection in it, but nothing to really bake your noodle...
However, I must say, this is pretty good in my honest opinion, it feels like a good rebuking of a classic series, and it has been fully loaded with CGI and ham acting, to say the least.
If you watch this movie, try to distance yourself from the preconceptions of other remakes that have been botched in the past and try to watch it for what it is and I guarantee you will enjoy it more.
The characters are decent, and it's a pleasure to see Sharlto Copley having his full on debut in this movie and for me he pulls it off rather well... He's no Dwight Shultz, but who would be?
Liam Neeson is solid as ever, the man could botch his lines and fart on camera and I'd still find him entertaining, he's become a character now and when you want Liam Neeson, that is what you get, Liam Neeson.
As for Bradley Cooper, well, he lives us to his Characters name, he could have easily played the character Murdoch as much as Sharlto could probably have played Face. But either way, he still fills the role with some certain degree of charm and smarm.
The only weak link, unfortunately, is B.A and I wouldn't put it all down to the actor neither. I don't know whether they have done a "Batman Begins" thing here, but B.A in this is... uninspiring and slightly parodied to the extent of sheer negligance. He is the show's tragic hero and we are supposed to feel a certain degree of sympathy towards him in this movie, but it falls short... I'm sorry, but I cringed every time I saw him on screen, and also I winced out how his lines where delivered at times, he mumbles a lot...
Overall, this movie is entertaining and is a good "Pizza-Booze" movie with your mates, it has a little misdirection in it, but nothing to really bake your noodle...