If you want to spend 90 minutes with your brain shut off, watching near non-stop action, then this is your movie!
This movie suceeds because it never pretends to be anything other than what it is: A summer popcorn flick heavy on the action and comedy, lite on plot line and story(and costume for a certain sorceress!).
This movie also suceeds in it's intentions to make The Rock into a bankable action hero. While he'll never win any Oscars for his acting ability, he is certainly more than adequate for this type of movie, and the sheer fact that you can understand what he is saying gives him far more range than the likes of Arnie or Van Damme will ever have.
One other point: watching Kelly Hu as the Sorceress left me with one very important question: At what point would any less clothing on a person be considered naked? I know times have changed when I remember how racy I thought the costumes were in Flash Gordon (mind you, I was ten when I first saw it), but they were postiviely chaste in comparison to Kelly's ancient version of pasties and a g-string!
To sum up: If you want a movie which provokes deep thought, go rent Memento. If you want to see The Rock beat the living snot out of some nasty people, go see this movie.
This movie suceeds because it never pretends to be anything other than what it is: A summer popcorn flick heavy on the action and comedy, lite on plot line and story(and costume for a certain sorceress!).
This movie also suceeds in it's intentions to make The Rock into a bankable action hero. While he'll never win any Oscars for his acting ability, he is certainly more than adequate for this type of movie, and the sheer fact that you can understand what he is saying gives him far more range than the likes of Arnie or Van Damme will ever have.
One other point: watching Kelly Hu as the Sorceress left me with one very important question: At what point would any less clothing on a person be considered naked? I know times have changed when I remember how racy I thought the costumes were in Flash Gordon (mind you, I was ten when I first saw it), but they were postiviely chaste in comparison to Kelly's ancient version of pasties and a g-string!
To sum up: If you want a movie which provokes deep thought, go rent Memento. If you want to see The Rock beat the living snot out of some nasty people, go see this movie.