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I was sure about giving 5 stars until the last third of the movie. This is a very old-fashioned action movie, peppered with geil emotions and shows some artistic blend. In the '80s, this would have been a very good movie. In the '90s, it would still compete with some good Steven Segal and van Damme movies. But we are in 2022. Dolph Lundgren and poor Mickey Rourke should already stay away from cinema... but I guess they still live in the '90s at heart.

There are a couple of big plot-holes, and there are a few silly moments. E.g. If one is out of bullets, then just gets in the car to take a long trip, how come that when gets out of the car, the magazine is again full?

Or: you sit in the Toyota to catch the bad guy who just left with his GMC. And you just literally have two red wires hanging out underneath the dashboard, so within a few seconds you already have a running car. You don't even need the ignition key with the radio chip that is needed for a Toyota to communicate wirelessly with the onboard CPU to start the car (the so-called anti-theft system).

This movie would have worked in the '80s but not in 2022, sorry.

So in conclusion: There was some potential in this movie, there were some good watchable parts in it. There were some plot twists, yes. And the lead actor is quite good. Really. He did a great job, and would deserve something better in the future.

But the rest of the actors were really bad. The whole story is a big cliché that you must have seen several times.

My conclusion is that you don't lose anything if you don't watch it. This movie is a grain of salt less than entertaining.

I loved the original LOTR and The Hobbit Trilogies. It is a pity that Peter Jackson did not try to make more movies from this epic world of Tolkien.

This new series is not very different visually, albeit I still believe that Peter Jackson and co. Put more effort in the final result.

Nevertheless, I simply cannot ignore the new faces that are supposed to substitute. The new Gil-Galad is portrayed by Benjamin Walker, who is quite similar to the original Gil-Galad from the LOTR, who was portrayed by Mark Ferguson. Btw, why isn't Benjamin Walker's name displayed in the list of actors for the first 3 episodes???

Now, Morfydd Clark as Galadriel does not really match either in personality or in appearance with Galadriel played by Cate Blanchett. Cate was pethereal, bivalent, so mysterious. This new Galadriel is just too simple, too direct.

The rest of the characters are just too difficult to deal with. Robert Aramayo's face is a kind of mixture between Leonardo di Caprio and Legolas. Too light a personality and a character so different from that of Hugo Weaving, thus would never ever put him in the place of Elrond.

So for me, casting had a huge negative impact on the whole movie. That the elves had short hair a few thousand years before the era of the Hobbit and the LOTR trilogies, may be acceptable - different times, different fashions.

Don't expect Star Wars effects, but a decent movie with likable and humane characters. The plot is not the best, not the worse. During these dry seasons where Hollywood poisons our brain with bad stupid horrible remakes and action movies, this is a decent effort. Hope to see something from this director and producers for some more money. P.s.: Randeep Hooda is the new John Travolta. Even his hair is alike. Funny.

Well, if you expect a very bad and unnecessary remake, you won't get disappointed. Old fat pope trying to run... for the money? Martin, have you noticed what this movie was about 25 years ago? And Vanessa Hudgens??? Who is she to photobomb or filmbomb my favourite TV shows and movies? Seriously, Vanessa as a black op? Oh, come on! But you are right. These fellows weren't the worse part. Imagine a completely useless Will Smith. A lifeless, pointless acting from his side. One of his worst acting. And the lame, predictable and weak script. Oh man, why is it necessary to destroy all the sequels of good movies? I also found the CGI (the green screen stuff) horrible. Something went horribly wrong with this movie. And the assassin of innocent law men comes back as a hero soon in the 4th film. This is so sad. Hollywood is dead.

How the heck is this HUGE mistake possible??? At 58.26 the second dog - which has been shot dead - runs into the scene to take down the boogie. That dog was shot dead, for christ sake!