Verdict: 'LXG' is a visually gorgeous, narratively feeble exercise in which cardboard characters are moved around between orgasmic explosions and weightless carnage! Extraordinary-looking but heartless, in a summer of big-budget sequels, prequels, remakes and homages, no film is more ambitiously derivative — or dramatically unsatisfying! What should have been a breathtaking series of cliffhangers is transformed into a morass of bubbling incoherence, and many viewers may be discouraged at the empty stunts and effects - accompanied by a noisy, full-bore score, while good actors get lost in the chaos! 'LXG' is yet another ill-considered, explosions-driven summer movie that fails to deliver. What a mess!
Reviewed by Michael Kuhn