How did Fox green light a movie that has such laughable dialog --literally, people laughing out loud in the theatre -- a cliche riddled plotline and a script that sounds like it was written by a freshman in Screenwriting 101 in a second rate Film School and who still got a D minus?. No one at Fox said, "Wait James, don't you think you need to give them something more than just pretty pictures, gun fights and LOUD explosions? And he said, "Shut up. I am king of the world." And so they made his picture. They spent 300 million, and evidently set aside $1000 of it for the script writer. Oh yah, they forgot to hire an EDITOR! Even the spectacular special effects, great as they are -- everyone agrees on that -- they are repetitive to the point of painfully boring.

That said, the score and soundtrack in Dolby Atmos is a pleasure to behold. Just as the 3D (stereo for the eyeballs) is beautifully and judiciously executed, so to is the spacial expanse of the orchestral and choral musical score. It literally surrounds you; it is the most immersive soundtrack I have heard of any film to date. And the ability of Atmos to locate sound elements precisely in any part of the 360 degree soundstage allows bullets ricocheting back and forth, up and down and around you in the theatre is quite amazing. But then someone need to get a doctor to check the sound mixing techs for hearing loss because the fight battles -- many MANY of them -- are eardrum splittingly LOUD. And you know that is not the theatre just keeping the overall sound level to high, because the dialog in the quieter sections is spot on; making it any lower would lose the dialog. They just mixed it way to loud. I saw patrons holding their ears during those fight scene -- which, btw, we way to many and went on for way to long.

For the enjoyable elements of visuals, the 3D and the score and sound mix, I give this three stars, but they are certainly not enough to hold together the rest of the mindless nonsense that goes on for 3 freakin hours.