Whilst this story has waited years for cinematic special effects technology to advance sufficiently for it to be properly realised on screen, the end result is somewhat underwhelming. Without doubt, the money has been spent on the technology to bring a convincing young CG Will Smith to digital life and pit him against the older real actor - and, to be fair, this aspect of the film is at times impressive and clearly paves the way for CG human characters in the future - but the rest of the film is surprisingly small-scale, in terms of a small cast, fairly standard action sequences and a very narrow story. Both incarnations of Will Smith are solemnly introspective and unexpectedly dull here, meaning that this expensive film has little real emotion or spark. Like Lee's misfire of a Hulk movie, it may be an interesting take on the genre, but it does not make it an exciting film to watch.
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