“…has half the racing scenes, twice the plot and none of the Vin Diesel.”

“…most of the tonal choices made to flesh this out are disastrous.”

“…perhaps the best argument for Clint Eastwood as a savvier, craftier and more complicated filmmaker than the one many consider him to be.”

“…concludes in a gigantic fireball of insignificance.”

“…manages an idiosyncratic pulse for a cyber-thriller, and that’s due largely to Mann.”

“The equivalent of watching a game of Risk, with all the emotional involvement such an activity would hold.”

“…both a drag and a hoot (and unfortunately more of the former than the latter).”

“With Mockingjay – Part I, the series becomes a clever commentary on the genre it helped cement.”

“What many had hoped would be Christopher Nolan’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is, instead, 2014: An Exposition Odyssey.”

“…when Luke and Darth Vader face off before the drooling Emperor, the franchise comes to its rightful fruition.”