While it may be overstuffed, Novak’s ambition is also part of why Vengeance is so intriguing.

It is a great setup and an inconsistent payoff, with a whole bunch of enjoyable moments.

Unfortunately, its better qualities are overwhelmed by the screenplay’s glaring weaknesses.

The good outweighs the bad enough for this to be a fun watch.

This works as a concept, but the execution is heavy-handed and doesn’t hit hard enough to connect the way it may have on the page.

Though the twists and turns aren’t necessarily surprising, they are set up so well that the tension builds to a satisfying series of payoffs

While it is difficult to believe that people were clamoring for a Buzz Lightyear origin story, the one we’ve gotten is actually pretty good.

It is merely a bunch of hollow spectacle that is a far cry from the series’ entertaining beginnings.

There is so much strangeness that it may take until the movie is over to realize it doesn’t really connect its dots.

A beautiful western-tinged backdrop to the intimate tale of two siblings seeking to close the door on their childhood.