This is wasted potential.

The concept, certain special effects could be a foundation of a multi-sequel exciting series.

The movie's direction and editing is absolutely horrible, just horrible. We get 3-minute uninterrupted scenes of a teenager rapping, but a shooting scene so haphazardly edited that you have no idea who the good/bad guys are. Even as picture ended I have very little idea what is going on.

Pros: Concept: People take pill gives them temporary superpowers unknown before you take the pill. Gives the movie a different take on the mutant craze.

Special Effects: Varies, but one special effect with the invisible man is off the charts and almost single-handily gave the movie an extra star.

Cons: Direction: All over the place, bad writing, bad characters, just bad. Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon Leavitt can be excellent actors, but here there is no material to work with.

Editing: Long scenes of nothing, edited scenes of the action you want to see. Too often you just saw bullets fly, and people fall without knowing(or caring) who died.

Writing: You can't have stupid one-liners in the middle of murderous violence. I can't watch Marvel movies for this reason and they are PG-13 and geared toward teenagers and fanboys. Doing it in R is even more stupid and removes any pretense of tension.

I was debating between 4 and 5 stars, but if there was a sequel I would not watch. Four stars it is.

The government is testing a new drug in New Orleans. It brings out dormant animal DNA in people and gives them power. The power varies from person to person and some die when they take it. The effects lasts oddly enough for exactly 5 minutes to the second for everyone. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Foxx, and Dominique Fishback team up to save the world, for now.

It was an interesting drug film in New Orleans, one without Nicholas Cage. Apparently the drug immediately enters the drug stream and reacts. Animals evolved many of their abilities after they separated from our evolutionary branch, yet we somehow have that in our DNA. Don't think too hard.

Guide: No sex or nudity. Caught 1 F-word.

In a good way I would say. I mean visually this is just stunning. Talking cinematography, editing and effects, which come together to be such a treat. I understand if some may have reservations about the story (which admittedly is quite thin),but overall it is one thing: fun. As is the whole movie, while still packing more than just one punch.

The action is great too and having actors like Jamie Foxx and Gordon Levitt in it ... they speak for themselves, but the girl who's the other lead matches their performances and their intensity - easily! If you like to be entertained and like Science Fiction inspired stories (I didn't actually stop to think about what makes sense or not, the movie has quite the pace to it, which helps of course) - this is for you