Is this a joke?

Thanks for the advice, but watching the trailer wasn't enough. I know action flicks, and I thought this was just another. But it wasn't, at least not to me. It seems like you disagree, so instead of discussing how to choose movies, can you tell me what you enjoyed about this movie?

I genuinely thought this was a really bad movie, except maybe some of the beginning. I liked Training Day, Taken, Leon, Pulp Fiction, Crank and a ton of other action flicks. Also Kill Bill for the more splatter kind. An exception, besides this one, has been the latest Captain America (but that was just because I dislike patriotism). Even the newest Transformers was better to me. And I didn't even like that very much.

This was so cold and serious, yet with such unrealistic characters. It only tried to be slightly funny/relatable with the early relationship between Robert and Alina. But it wasn't clever at any point. And the moral statements were as cold and depressing as they could be. I guess I just don't understand how to enjoy that kind of thing. But if this is a new trend, then I would like to understand it.

Thanks. It's been enjoyed by people of all ages though, which surprised me.

Maybe it's this. I am a divorced 41 male, and if I like movies like "Shawshank Redemption", I also like movies like this. I like the fact it is not believable, and in fact many of you would pale on the violence committed all over the world.
I like this type of heroes, that give all the beating, instead of the old JVC that would take a epic beating to then overcome himself and win.
I gave 10 to this movie, not based on it's quality, but how it made me feel. I do not see an action movie expecting to see an Oscar performance script or actors, I see it to have a good time enjoying it without having to think to much, I already do that on my day to day job.

Only if the 40 something male is simple minded.

I'm not sure you expect an answer, but I don't identify with your exaggerated criticism. Obviously I don't demand realism - especially not in fantasy. But this movie seemed so serious to me. As if it was telling you this is how the world works, and this is a way that would be good to handle things, if only you had the skills. Maybe I interpreted it wrong. Maybe it's just as unserious as most action flicks out there, but it just didn't seem like it to me. No humor or emotional reasons to be vengeful like most of these types of movies have. No backstory to understand what got him into viewing the world this way.

But in regards to realism, my critique is not only of the main character. It's also of many of the "important" villains. Perhaps I'm biased because I wish more people knew about criminology.

If you're an invincible super killer, and you live in a world where some people are evil and selfish violent robots with no personality, then I think he probably did fine. Also in a world where these robots are as predictable as comets, always going exactly where he plans them to go, exactly when he wants it, as if he had hidden supernatural powers.

And yeah, I thought Moretz was too much away as well. Just as we were getting a bit into her character she's gone for most of the movie.

Now I'm worried there's many guys out there that has the same secret dream as you. Since I've studied extremely violent people, I don't share that dream though.

But I realized I don't get much out of asking, since most people are very defensive about the things they enjoy, as if I'm claiming they're inferior for liking something I don't.

The OP obviously doesn't know how the imdb ratings work.
If you forced every person on the planet to rate this it would probably get a 4.5 but in reality the rom com fans would never watch this type of movie so they won't drag the rating down. People who like Denzel Washington and action flicks will watch it and probably like it and voila my friend there is your rating. Not rocket science

Ok, so watched it and I thought was really good and will rate it a 7 so IMDB did the trick as far as I'm concerned - I guess we look for different things in movies...