Prior to watching this movie, I heard rumors that the ending sucks. But being me, I just decided to be open-minded anyway.
The start of the movie was rather interesting. For the the first 10 mins of the movie, I actually thought that I was in the wrong cinema because the start of the movie looked like it had nothing to do with the trailer that I've seen. The only comfort I had was when they finally decided to show the title of the movie. So with a great start, I thought that the movie was going rather well, as the characters were being introduced, they showed a good back story so you know the personality and the struggles they had, even before a single phone call would change their lives forever. The climax of the show was rather dry for me because as the characters were travelling around I realise my eyes were actually closed for some parts of it. However, I've got to say, the whole technological thing was rather interesting. It kinds of reminds us of the power, computers have over humans if we are not careful. If we let the computers control everything and that everything is automated, we might even live to regret it. Moving on, the dialouges were okay, but expected more humour or sarcasm especially if you have an actor like Shia LeBeouf as your lead, but it was ok, it had some funny moments that actually left the audience laughing through all the panic and choas on screen. Speaking of cast, I was rather surprise to see familiar faces like, Rosario Dawson, Micheal Chiklis, Ethan Embry and a few more familiar faces that are more known on the small screen movies rather than blockbusters. More so, I didn't really know what to expect seeing Shia LeBeouf acting in such a serious movie but I'd have to admit, I think he did rather well. This performance that he gave sure beats the "scared boy" performance that was shown in Disturbia. At least this time, he sucked it in and decides to do something about it. But, I would have to say, Billy Bob Thornton really gave a brilliant performace as the badass FBI agent in the movie. His character really brought the edge it needed in this movie.
Still with the rumour wandering around in my head, I thought of every worse scenario ending I could think of, but I would have to say the action towards the end was actually captivating yet abit mind-bloggling(ok, maybe for me) because as you thought the action is over, you can bet Steven Spielberg always make sure there is a twist at the end.
All in all, well-directed movie, not really a blockbuster but it was quite-entertaining. Not really a movie if you just want to shut off your brain. This movie really makes you think and most of the time trying to anticipate how the lead characters are going to get out of the pickle their in. A movie to watch but not really worth the weekend tickets unless there is nothing else, a cool movie due to the technological advnaces shown but other than that, maybe it would be wise to wait for the movie to be shown on tv...
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