If nothing else, you need to at least come up with some interesting kill scene or flashy moment, if that is all your film really amounts to. Outside of the predictably bad, but also sadly boring, story, is watch it and forget it action and run of the mill visual effects. You can usually tell you are in for a pretty weak ride when almost all of the story was filled in by flashbacks to characters you have never seen. A weak uninteresting villain and no character worthy of any care or investment. What is below average, even for the unadventurous, is how utterly uninteresting the jeopardy turns out to be.
This an old as time story for this genre. It is your typical unknown foe pushing to a once in a generation moment to let them rule the world. The story is flat, weak and bereft of any world building. It never fully lands into the realm of good cringe and certainly never comes close to good writing. Whatever that standard is this is surely well below it. This isn't a blockbuster or a period piece drama, but popcorn action fantasy must have some standards.
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