Why is it rated so low?
Before any of you get a chance to comment I'll answer my own question:because Uwe Boll has generated a lot of hatred.
Sure, the plot, even if it had potential, is basically a stereotype.We could all thank the screenwriter for that, and for some really bad dialogue.The acting is mediocre at best(with Tara Reid taking it up a notch in the "I can't act, I'm just a pretty face" department).And the direction, well...the direction looks like it came from a 10-year old.It's like Uwe Boll keeps making his first movie ever, but it just so happens it's not with his own camera and friends as actors, it's a big budget production.I mean, he knows nothing of suspense, or effective editing and not to mention the horrible use of music throughout the movie.Though he might have some talent in the action scene department.
On the other hand I've seen so much worse editing, direction and well...movies, that this one's rating surprises me.I would expect it to be around 4-5, as I've seen more idiotic films rated higher.
Apparently Uwe Boll has angered so many people by presenting under-par adaptions of video games that people rate low just because it's a Boll movie, forgetting that there are worse directors out there.Perhaps it's the fact that he keeps making them(unlike others who flop with their movies), but he's not in any way the worst director out there, and this movie does not deserve to be in the Bottom #100.
As I've said, this isn't all bad, it's a good enough DVD for a lazy afternoon, but just as a one time rental.
PS:Wondering why good actors(and there's plenty of them), knowing Boll's reputation still sign on to do his projects.I'm sure not all of them do it just because of the paycheck.