Judging by the current rating and having read a few reviews harshly criticizing the direction, writing, casting and acting in this movie, I went in expecting it to be very bad.
Having the bar set this low actually helped me to have a pleasant surprise and frankly quite enjoyable experience. It's definitely not a great movie per se, but rather a competent genre exploration. It has its goofy charm in a very straightforward serious tone, theatrical mannerisms in acting, the way the main plot points are almost always narrated out loud by characters after being shown on screen, it all evokes this cozy feeling of watching a fun exploitation film.
Cinematography is on point, soundtrack is never annoying even though it's not very memorable, and the flow and pacing is quite nice for a 2+ hour long picture. All in all, this is a very solid reboot of a franchise.
Having the bar set this low actually helped me to have a pleasant surprise and frankly quite enjoyable experience. It's definitely not a great movie per se, but rather a competent genre exploration. It has its goofy charm in a very straightforward serious tone, theatrical mannerisms in acting, the way the main plot points are almost always narrated out loud by characters after being shown on screen, it all evokes this cozy feeling of watching a fun exploitation film.
Cinematography is on point, soundtrack is never annoying even though it's not very memorable, and the flow and pacing is quite nice for a 2+ hour long picture. All in all, this is a very solid reboot of a franchise.