⚣Michaelle⚣'s Reviews > The Mercenary

3.4 Stars

As much as I ADORED Wild Wild West - the original and Will Smith versions (even if he thinks it's his worst movie ever) - I'm seriously thinking that Steampunk is just not my genre. I'm too scifi-oriented (emphasis on the SCIENCE part) for the brass-based, wibbly-wobbly, fantastical, improbable machinery. (I know, I know: Warp engines and transporters, you say? Yes...because SCIENCE.)

Plus, eh. Characterization. I liked Asher - mysterious mercenary who discovers a bit of softness in his heart for someone(s) else. Not so much with Gabriel. He came off as a bratty one-track minded "hero" that I didn't connect with at all.

I must say the whole Water-as-Priceless-Commodity angle was intriguing, and if not controlled in precisely this manner, the way it was doled out, stolen, bartered, bought etc. is mighty prescient. Dig your own well now...