A whole lot of questions about what’s going on, virtually none of which are answered because you want people to come back for a sequel? Wearyingly, yes. One of the producers is Tobey Maguire, who played the role of Spiderman in three movies. One of the romantic interests turns out to be more complicated than he seems? Yup. Later in the movie, when the kid soldiers are training, Sam finds a Spiderman action figure, which is tied to a booby-trap. By the time we reach the second hour, it’s all box-ticking.
Blakeson had the foresight to cast the likes of Maria Bello and Liev Schreiber to add some weight, but they simply don’t have enough space to make an impact. Of course, romance is an important part of many young-adult films, but couldn’t it be done with more dynamism? A bit more than the basic ‘he’s complicated she’s confused’ schtick? Admittedly, she’s weak from blood-loss for part of their acquaintance, but the lightheadedness lasts far too long. If there’s a sequel, perhaps we’ll get to see Cassie sigh as Evan cradles an injured puppy or builds an orphanage. Cassie sighs at Evan as he rinses his pecs in a lake. As soon as Cassie meets a boy, Evan (Alex Roe), who is a bit different from the other boy she likes, Ben (Nick Robinson), the mood swings away from Cassie as a woman of action to Cassie as a woman able to sigh in a variety of locations. It must be these scenes that earned the film a 15 instead of the usual 12A there’s a dark familiarity that we haven’t seen in the more distant dystopias of other adaptations. If only it were more original in execution.
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