I'm not going to try to pretend this is a good movie. The story is hysterically convoluted. This is only accentuated by the films use of random, nearly indecipherable flashbacks to elaborate backstories for the myriad characters. There are a seemingly infinite number of characters in this, none of them developed past "awesome" or "evil." When Channing Tatum is your lead, it becomes unnecessary to say the acting is awful. Most hilarious is the final twenty minutes of the film which seem to be solely designed to set the film up as a "franchise" (as if the title wasn't enough of a tip-off).
But I'll say this. There's a lot of action and most of it is choreographed pretty well. There were a few moments where I felt it had crossed over into pure cartoon territory, but overall it packed a lot of excitement and the films one strength is some snazzy art design that made the non-stop stream of gadgets and weapons look and feel unique.
So no, it's not good. But it's a lot better than I expected.
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