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Rich Bonaduce reviews “I Am Number Four”

Rich’s Quickie: Was more like Number Two…

For… why? Other than what I saw in the trailer (which made me think of “X-Men” meets “Push” or “Jumper”), I knew nothing about the novel of the same name. But my concerns for its cinematic version were cemented in the first five minutes, when the narrated exposition broke a major rule of thumb; “show me, don’t tell me”, and quickly dispensed with much of any possible tension or mystery surrounding what we’re about to see. What unfolded was as suspected; a hodgepodge of elements taken from other movies that ultimately didn’t fit together very well, desperately trying to be the next big franchise.
Most of the characters were stock, the dialogue laughable, the drama cheesy, and the music (provided by notorious over-the-topper Trevor Rabin), overly obvious in its agenda. Some of the action sequences were arresting, but all of the aforementioned problems combined with plot issues rendered this a huge set-up film with very little on the line in and of itself. Pretty average and forgettable.

Movie Grade: C-

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language.

Directed by: D.J. Caruso
Written by: Alfred Gough (screenplay) & Miles Millar (screenplay) and Marti Noxon (screenplay), Jobie Hughes (novel) (as Pittacus Lore) & James Frey (novel) (as Pittacus Lore).

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