Needless to say, I was thoroughly disgusted by the film. Despite some excellent action sequences, I knew for certain that the same man who directed EQ was not entirely responsible for this mess. Well, it seems like my intuitions were correct. Warning: Link spoils the entire film, although that really isn’t saying much. Read on for more of my thoughts on what may be the greatest travesty in film geekdom since the Matrix sequels.
As the link points out quite clearly, my problems with the film didn’t so much exist in Wimmer’s original cut. There have been reports that he’s very unhappy with the final cut of the film, and now we know why. By stripping UV down to an action-centric core, the studio succeeded in making an entirely vacuous film; one without motivation or development–not to mention logic. Sony Pictures has succeed in making a truly terrible film, the only problem is that Kurt Wimmer is going to be blamed for it. I only hope that this experience doesn’t turn him off from filmmaking completely.
There will most certainly be an uncut DVD for the film, but like Daredevil’s excellent uncut DVD, it will be too little too late. By the time that DVD is released the public will have already weighed in on the film, and only the hardcore (or pathetic) like myself would go for it. Perhaps this is their new business plan: Create a soulless and easily consummable theatrical release, and leave all the complicated stuff for the DVD where people are going to pay to see it again. Somehow, I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the case.