The reviewer wanted to love the film but landed on a 5/10—not the worst, not the best, just mediocre. Post-credits scenes carrying 'some hope for what's to come' is a tell that the studio is leaning on future installments to retroactively justify a weak present entry. Middle-of-the-road reviews are often the most damaging because they deflate franchise enthusiasm without generating the passionate debate that bad reviews can.
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