Review of Pompeii (2014) by Jacknida1 . — 10 Jun 2014

Pompeii simply fails to deliver as far as the writing is concerned. The dialogue was cringeworthy most of the time, which made the character interactions seem unnatural and eye-rolling. I also couldn't get past the annoying and unconvincing acting from pretty much the entire cast, although I do feel bad for them, since the people they had to portray were one-dimensional and offered almost no opportunity for good acting moments.

The editing of the fighting sequences was too rushed and confusing, but that slightly improved towards the end of the movie. The visual effects from the volcano eruption were pretty good, but I felt like it desperately tried to have that epic conclusion, and that just didn't work out for me, so I guess it was unsatisfying from beginning to end.