when robot hordes start attack major city and who will stop the madman behind the attack . sky captain . jude law play joe sullivan and the ace of the skyway and tackle insurmountable odds along with his pesky reporter ex girlfriend polly perkins ( gwyneth paltrow ) and former flight partner and captain franky cook ( angelina jolie ) . sky captain and the world of tomorrow may look and feel like an exciting movie but it really be quite dull and underwhelming . the film run time be 106 minute yet it feel so much long because there be no substance in this movie . the visuals be great and the film do a nice job on that . however and there be nothing to support these wonderful visuals . the film lack a story and interesting character make the while thing quite dull and unnecessary . i blame director and writer kerry conran . he focus too much on the visuals and spent little time on the actual story . the movie be like a girl with no personality and after awhile it kind of get bland and tiring . sky captain represent a beautiful girl with no personality . it simply just another case of style over substance . the acting be surprisingly average and that not really their fault since they have very little to work with . the main reason i watch this movie be because of angelina jolie . however and the advertising be quite misleading and she be only in the film for about 30 minute . her performance be surprisingly bland as well . jude law give an okay performance though you would expect a lot more from him . gwyneth paltrow be just average and nothing special at all . ling bai performance be the only one i really like . she give a pretty good performance a the mysterious woman and she be the only interesting character in the entire film . the movie be not a complete bust though . there be some wow and exciting scene . there just weren not enough of them . the film just doesn not have that hook to really make it memorable . it be actually quite bland and it wasn not very engage at all . it too bad the film wasn not very good since it have such a promising premise . in the end and sky captain be surprisingly below average and not really worth watch . rating 4/10 .