Statham acts the hardnut hero quite serviceably, though it's horrible to watch Joan Allen's glacial warden cracking under pressure.
Overall, there's less of Herzog here than in many of his documentaries – this is a serviceably engrossing study of a fascinating subject, rather than a full-blown visionary essay.
It's a curio, an artifact, an unprocessed download from Blair's brain — vivid, wired, serviceably written and paced, and, in a way, more interesting for its artlessness.
Though serviceably emulating Rob Bottin's groundbreaking creature effects from the 1982 film (itself an ingeniously updated version of the 1951 sci-fi classic "The Thing From Another World"), this debut feature from Matthijs van Heijningen is as stiff as the Antarctic tundra.
Written and directed by Massy Tadjedin, who wrote "The Jacket," it stars the serviceably matched Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington as a married couple, Joanna and Michael, who are tested by other people and by their own doubts.
Among the smaller roles, Andrea Silvestrelli sang serviceably, in his Met debut as the assassin Sparafucile, as did the mezzo-soprano Nino Surguladze, in her Met debut as Maddalena.
His falsetto passes serviceably enough for the required contralto, even if he does fudge the high notes.
A flight attendant, Montana arranges chance encounters with these men with the help of two friends (Adam Brody and Jill Scott, serviceably sassy) and others at work.
Mostly it's Mr. Kristofferson alone with a guitar, his voice serviceably on key, to pitch the songs to better singers.
Howard played serviceably against the Panthers star defensive end Charles Johnson, and over all the offensive line looked improved after having surrendered seven sacks against the Giants.
Flores has played serviceably there while continuing to excel at the plate.
