Ken Kwapis Acquires The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets

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Naturally the action sequences don�t take long to get tedious, and because there�s no story the movie ends up having nothing to hold the viewer�s attention. Needless to say, I was regularly checking my watch and waiting for the whole thing to wrap up. Beyond the gaudy action, Retribution is just a poorly directed movie. Despite the fact that Anderson has digital maps and displays flashing at the audience constantly and 90% of the movie is set in one location, it�s impossible to get any sense of the size or shape of the world and the characters� location within it.

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