This movie begins with huge potential and thus raises expectations. Herein lies the problem and the reason for so many bad reviews. It fails to live up to the standards set in the first 10 minutes. Tom Hardy's acting skills have improved over the years. Michelle is okay, but alarm bells always start ringing when I here or am able to detect fake accents in a movie. Like when a black african woman speaks with a fake American/English accent in the laboratory. I let that slide & the directors didn't let her speak again anyway. Masking tape put to good use, metaphorically speaking/writing. But then comes the villain (Ahmed). His acting is poor. Where did they find this bad actor? There are better more credible actors playing villains in Flash season 1. Pick one from any episode. It's as if they were trying to......let me stop there. You figure out how he got the job.

In fact, I can't be bothered to go on with the problems littering this film as it progresses from the score to the inept script and why should I, if they can't be bothered to make at least a half decent movie?

I will say that the positive reviews of 8-10 are sooooo exaggerated they have either been bought, are from people under the mental age of 14 OR are from poverty-stricken countries where they're just so happy to get to visit a cinema they would probably give an 8 to a blank screen.

2 marks for a decent begining reminiscent or plagiarised from Terminator with the first "symbiot" (an asian woman) playing an extremely brief role. Most important survey questions: Would I recommend it to a friend? NO Would I watch it again for free on TV? No Would you be interested in a free ticket to the sequel? No thank you.