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As I always enjoy watching Tom Cruise in films, this one was only a tad enjoyable with several flaws. Not as good as the first I say. Storyline was so so which the high point of the film wasn't really at the end. Chemistry between Tom Cruise's Character and Cobie Smulders' Character was sub par. Also acting from the TV actors was sub par as well.

Let's start with those flaws first. TV actors with Film Actors and vice versa. While there are a handful of TV actors who can act portray different characters well and act well, there are still some who maintain the image they do on a TV series or film they are known for thus hard to see them acting in anything else. Cobie Smulders, known for playing Robin in 'How I met your mother', didn't fit the character she was playing. Not only did I kept seeing her Character "Robin", but also her character being a Major in the Military Police didn't fit her. Although she does star in The Avengers, for me it wasn't a strong point and only realised after checking her IMDb credits again. Aldis Hodge, known for starring in Leverage, was again sub par. There were a several scenes with both I reckon the TV stars could of acted differently. Robert Knepper, known for starring in Prison break, While I have seen him in other series and movies, he is an actor that doesn't maintain his character from Prison Break which is good to see him in it although his time was short. Directing was only sub par. Fight scenes were a bit slow and camera work all over the place and sometimes hard to see due to dark area and lighting from background gets in the way. Overall, I give this 6/10. If you just want a thriller action and don't mind a weak plot, then give this ago. Movie like this really should've had someone else cast as Jack Reacher and went straight to netflix.

Upon switching channels, I came upon Monsuno.

Japanese anime has a quality. Mouth movements, body language, action scenes, etc.

This shows that the creators are anime fans and try to draw like Japanese people but lack the quality. Looks too cheap and try-hard.

Couldn't stand watching it. Americans need to stay with American style cartoons. Never will they ever get close to the quality Japanese people create. Same with 3D animation.

Story, action scenes, speaking, special effects look like crap in Monsuno. Not worth my time.

Finally I got to see FFVII: advent children on Sep 13th and was not disappointed. Square-enix japan knew what they were doing when they made this - to be like the game and being a "fantasy" with sword fights, energy blasts, fighting etc. Square USA made spirits within which was a total failure and since then they have shutdown the USA branch.

Anyway, the movie was very entertaining and I say it is best if you had played the game first to get a bit of knowledge of what is going on. Certainly about geostigma, sephiroth, and a bunch of other stuff. Very good CGI and the story was good but some bits i got lost in between. Possibly because i cannot remember much about the game.

I gave a 8/10 because there are some things that should have been more in it, such as more fight scenes with yuffie, barrett, vincent, red xiii. Also the use of materia more. The plot is OK but has some lacking

Oh well..it went for 90-100 mins so i cannot complain. It is still good and worth watching. mainly for the action and beautiful CGI. I hope they make more.