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Sometimes the title says it all. This chaotic action flick features a terrific cast but a plot so insipid and a script so cliched that filmgoers who shell out 10 bucks to see it may feel like the title is directed at them. Explosions, slow motion and a handful of appealing actors can’t quiet the death knell of poor writing. ==I –TH==

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