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Two hit men once enemies join hands to battle through dozens of bad guys to allow one of them to testify against a Belarus warlord. Sounds neat, however the movie goes beyond the point where it gets pretty annoying and dull forming a predictable unoriginal action/comedy.

In the movie, Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson (both great actors no doubt) act like really unnerving big shots, depressing shows off and mundane. It has gone into the nonsensical too far for me.

They kill everybody off course, in any way, with any weapon and against all odds... a truly pair of supermen, not professional hit men.

The movie is simply a let down and lacks of maturity... good for kids though... and yet... too much violence is shown.

Great let down.

I was astounding by the idea of this movie. Great script, excellent design of the ship and its interiors and amazing CGI exteriors.

The plot: A space ship is heading to an earth-like planet with 5250 people on board in hyper-hibernation, in a voyage that will endure no less than 120 years. While en route, a gigantic meteor cloud of meteors smash onto the ship's protective shield without greater damage... only a little bit of stone is let thru against it. Some malfunction happens and one unlucky individual is prematurely awake from his hibernation deep sleep... when he knows that the ship is 90 years short to arrive to the new planet, he realizes he's doomed for good.

This movie is good for a big audience followed by a debate on human emotions and choices. Selfishness or despair? The big question for the movie buff shall be this: What would YOU do? I was completely blown away by this movie. The purity and originality of the script, the gracious ideas in the spaceship, the small but cool action that will unravel as time unfolds and the sparse but vivid comedy in several moments makes this movie well above average.

It is a film that makes us think "what if"?

I have read twice Agatha's "Ten Little Ni**ers" (Which was the original title by the way, changed only because some minorities would frown away, play the race card or start an international outcry...).

This novel certainly is one of the best concerning suspense, mystery and plot-driven ("whodunit" conundrum). One of the most powerful, jaw-dropping ending crime novel I've ever read (and let me tell you they were plenty) with a lot of pursuance and nuance to make possible a dark, gloomy atmosphere imagination while reading. Reading it was like tasting honey or to receive a shot of adrenaline - the pace was so good, the characters likable and the fiction itself remarkably well written.

This TV drama ("And Then There Were None" ) was almost the opposite: Surreal and unrealistic narration and actions of the characters (not saying they acted bad, on the contrary), the mansion wasn't sufficient somber or dreary, the end is somewhat forced and disillusioned and the drama's get-along seems missing pieces in the middle.

After the disclosure of every characters' compelling dark event in their lives, half of them will have visions of their "victims" coming back to torture them in a way to show to the viewer the character's guiltiness.

Example of one of some absurd scenes (NO-SPOILERS): When the first and second person dies is it was as if nothing happened, people just carry on and don't bother to really opine, chat or get emotional about it.

Pros: Scenery of the Island, acting and some minor plot development.

Cons: Confusion at the starting episode, illogical, senseless and foolish performance/moves of the characters, the mansion set, supernatural or ghostly visions that befell on some of the characters and the chimerical end in the last episode.

What could have been a wonderful cinematic experience was transformed into a supernatural and improbable story lacking real development and suppressing reality - a small hogwash sufficient to spoil such a great novel by yet such tremendous renowned writer. What a pity.