the final act is a delirious sugar rush of city-smashing spectacle, delivering precisely the goods the movie promises. It's generic but 'Uprising' kicks the metal ass of any of the 'Transformers' films
the film in general moves at a sleeker pace, with more of an actual plot to match the shiny visuals. It's strange given that Del Toro, a newly minted Oscar-winning director, couldn't make a more entertaining film than Uprising's Steven S. DeKnight
lacking the stylistic flair provided by Guillermo del Toro in the original, this sequel becomes increasingly tiresome in its cliched plotting and characterizations, hackneyed dialogue and numbingly repetitive, visually incoherent action sequences
it's a mostly crowd-pleasing romp; DeKnight shows he can pilot a CGI fight sequence as well as his predecessor, Guillermo Del Toro. These movies can be fun once the colossal foes start grappling
depressingly, "Uprising" is never better than when it's setting up another sequel. By the time that movie crashes into theaters, our expectations for it might actually be low enough for it to surpass them
