Following on from the success of numerous comic book movie adaptations, it was only a matter of time before the Green Lantern corps hit our screens. Based around the story of the first human Green Lantern recruit, the plot follows Hal Jordan, a test pilot, who is chosen to replace the dying alien Abin Sur. At first, Hal is a bit hesitant about fulfilling his new found role in the universe, but inevitably, he is persuaded to fight for team will against team fear in the ultimate battle or good vs. evil!

The film kicks off well and follows the general comic story as best it can, introducing us to the main Lanterns and giving us a basic insight into what is going on. The embodiment of fear itself, named Parallax, has escaped from his imprisonment and is charging around the universe whooping everyones ass. The Green Lantern Corps, aka the space police, are really all that stands in his way and using their rings of power, begin to devise a plan to halt Parallax’s march. All whilst this is going on, Hal has made his way to team Lantern HQ for his initiation. Being a pesky human, no one cares much for him and so he is dismissed before he is even given a shot.

Without dictating the entire story, we can all guess what happens, but if you cant, I shall give you a clue. Parallax is killed in the end and it is by the “weakest” Green Lantern who also happens to be their newest recruit. Yes it is (almost kinda) similar to the plot of (some of) the comics but it really is to predictable and slightly lame. For the embodiment of fear, it doesn’t take much to kill Parallax and well it also only takes our hero a good 5 minutes (after saving the girl first of course). Never mind though, I shouldn’t criticize too much as much of the film was quirky with some fun jokes and cool effects.

All in all, the film is simply O.K. The direction is great, actors great, casting great but the plot is bland and really needed work and this really, REALLY, lets the film down. For such a universal budget, I really expected more and although it pains me to give this a fail, it unfortunately deserves it. One last observation though… they have clearly set up for a squeal and although this was tough to enjoy, there is great potential here to start a serious rival to the other large Marvel/DC movies!

Overall Verdict: Fail

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