Slick but soulless, the latter surprisingly so from the director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hulk.
The storytelling is enjoyably lean in the first half, then frustratingly anaemic in the second. The action is exciting and well-choreographed if a little floaty and uncannily fast. The de-aging effects are mostly very solid (I imagine that if there was only the one, de-aged Will Smith in this movie then someone who had never heard of him could quite easily get through most of it without realising he was a visual effect). The acting is competent all-round, though they barely have anything to work with and Owen's accent wobbles a lot.
Outside of technological interest, not much stands out here. Certainly not as good as The One or Face/Off.
Rating: Fine.
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