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Fun, but boy, those embarrassing visual effects, especially...


...the helicopters at the start. Which is a shame as it almost lost me the film. God they were awful. Worryingly the same CGI program (seemingly only capable of working in threes) did the daylight shots too. And the Delta Force attack, screamingly poor. And, er, the Raptors too - mildly better.

More widely, it's interesting that CGI almost always fails on helos, just as with people. Something to do with the nature of the movement.

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Absolutely atrocious

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I have watched with external sound device woofer system.
This movie is packed with excitement and action- almost start to finish. But at the same time, a blatant ripoff of both Die Hard and Olympus Has Fallen.

I would prefer OHF more as it had more dazzling visuals and proper execution. (8/10)

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There's also a lot of shots where they're clearly standing in front of green screens. The whole movie is so jarring and uncanny to look at.

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