“Though undeniably talented, Martin exhibits a hesitant sense of what separates the singingly oral from the stodgily ordinary.”

“For the most part, however, it's content to coast by on the romantic-adventure premise stodgily laid out in an uninspired screenplay.”

“You get your hero's origin sequence, decent overview of his costume and civilian life, stodgily staged romance, plus two of the comic series' better baddies.”