There were no surprises here. This movie is Zack Snyder parodying himself.

There's way too much slow motion -- with no reason at all.

There are a lot of characters, none of them memorable -- and there is a long sequence in the middle of the movie where each of the main characters (five or so) all take turns telling their life story -- just long exposition voiceovers. That's on top of the opening of the movie was quite a bit of exposition that included names and names and names.

The action is a snooze.

Ed Skrein's character is just evil for evil's sake. The character is paper thin. He has super human reflexes and powers because... well, we don't know. He jumps and lands with a pose because... well, because it's supposed to look cool.

Remember that robot that Anthony Hopkin's voiced for two minutes in the first movie and then disappears? It reappears and then disappears and then reappears. It's as if they didn't have enough budget to pay for Hopkin's work.

Here's the problem with Snyder: He's not a storyteller, he thinks he is, but he is not. He should not be writing scripts. He creates some stunning visuals, but the visuals are empty without any substance to make them mean something.

I was bored by this movie, even if the last 45 minutes was choke full of action, none of it was exciting or engaging -- especially after being beaten over the head with not only a long slow motion montage sequence of people farming, but also a long slow motion montage of people preparing for battle.

Rated 2 out of 10.

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