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So why does the movie so often fall so flat?
The story, while thoroughly generic, seems to have enough emotional juice to keep us interested.
She hooks up with some old friends who run a biker gang and revisits the places of her past.
Unfortunately, promising subplots are left unpursued, while character notes hang pointlessly in the air.
Or maybe I just made it up, because otherwise the subplot would have felt meaningless.
And a dollar short.
Sang like a bird, did he?
Oh, the things I know now.
I know who your boss is.
Hes a big fish.
More fun when you hook em.
This doesnt even count as trying.
That said, the action scenes are mostly well handled and creative.
Maggie Q, a veteran of many a shoot-em-up, moves perfectly for fights and chases.
Still, so long as nobody is talking,The Protegehas an easygoing fluidity.
It suggests that he understands where the films and his strengths lie.
Given the level of talent involved, that has to count as a disappointment.
