In sum: What the hell was that?
It was long: 168 minutes. Trim 30 or 40 minutes, and call me in the morning.
It was confusing. Isn’t there some screenwriter rule against more than 4 double-crosses in the same scene? Everyone betrays everyone else. As you might expect, this makes it tough for the audience to understand their motivations or actions.
The action scenes explode without context. Who’s fighting whom on which ship, and by the way, which way is UP? When you can’t answer any of these questions as a viewer, you’re watching an overwrought mess.
:-)
On the bright side, it was a night at the Bourbon Drive-in, one of my favorite places, even if Whitney hates it.