Garoo

Well done, and not particularly interesting. It doesn’t really work to have a whole trilogy dedicated to shooting chase sequence after chase sequence, and only deliver such a lame payoff at the end. (Although I guess it makes sense to downplay the plot itself considering that it’s based on ancient novels that have already been adapted before.)

I’d heard conflicting opinions about the big Tangiers fight, but I thought it was very efficient — while it’s insanely frustrating in a Transformers fight scene to have the camera struggling to keep up with the action and show anything significant on screen, it’s actually quite a good way to express the intensity of a bare-handed fight between two trained assassins, both acutely aware that only one will come out alive.

Although it may quite possibly work better on the small screen than in a theater.