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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Naomi
Well it's a thousand times better than M. Night Shyamalan's recent efforts. That's still faint praise though. And yet even in his recent disasters there was still a definite directors hand at work. The end results are much better here but it just feels like less effort was made. Perhaps its the lack of emotion inherent in characters for the purposes of the very basic and straight forward plot. Pedestrian effects, simple action, average score. The most notable thing about the film was the production design and while I don't think I was enamoured by it, at least it was something new and interesting.
I just think the exact same story could have been told in a much cheaper setting and been just as, if not more effective. This just feels like Will Smith wanted something fun to do with his son one summer.
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