This film has come in for mixed reviews, with a bias towards the negative. Much criticism has been directed at the director. I'm not sure that this is justified.

The director interprets the script, he does not write it. If there are flaws in the plot, blame the scriptwriter, not the director.

Now with that off my chest, what did I think of the film?

Well, there is no other way to describe the special effects other than astounding. A real tour de force, and a must-view for fx junkies.

As for the story, it starts off with an interesting premise and wanders on to explore the moral question of "what would you do if no one ever knew it was you". But it has hardly started down this path before degenerating into Yet Another Kill-The-Monster-Guess-Who-Dies-Next clichéd teen thriller, full of holes in the plot. Which is where all the low ratings from the critics come from.

The concept of being able to act with detection poses the question of what is man's basic moral nature. Will he do good or evil? And if so, why? The script takes the view that man will descend into criminal activity at the first chance, which is a rather dim view of humanity in my opinion. Or maybe not, on second thoughts...

What do you think?...