Okay, this one still grinds because of the first act. It's like seriously nonstop action. Good stuff. As soon as you think you're safe, of crap, the train derailed and is coming for me! It's bonkers and delightful. But then, after the waterfall dive, the pace slows down, and suddenly I'm stuck in an NCIS episode for an hour. It just feels like the director decided "Yeah, that's good enough" after the first act.

I'm still rolling with a positive score because the first act is pretty damn stellar for '93, but wish it could have continued to deliver enormous set pieces for the last 50.

I have a simple theory for this one...

It should have been just for kids.

It would have worked. Trying to be all things to all people (including a fucking boat load of curse words and mechanical genocide) doesn't work. Hit your target market. Stay there.

Dante-an conclusion: It's not as bad as everybody says it is. 12-year-old me would have loved the gory guts out of this thing.

While some of the logic doesnt quite track with me, I can't help but get swept up in it's affairs and that the final act goes one for half the movie (and I don't find that to be a problem!). Also, I can't help but love how the protagonists of Inception and Memento come to the same emotional conclusion--essentially--I don't care what reality is.

The house of mirrors scene gets all the credit, but my jam was the aquarium scene.