This Dick Tracy reboot tries real hard to capture the wild spirit of Chester Gould's police detective comic strip but just doesn't do it for me.

Part of the problem is the setting which simultaneously tries to be the 1930s and the present day. How can Tracy's two-way watch radio be special in an era of ubiquitous mobile devices? By adding quantum entanglement so it's a smart watch with great reception? Really? Without cutting-edge technology and strict police procedures, we are left with Tracy just running around talking like a tough guy and shooting at everybody. And who wants to see that sort of rogue police work in today's environment?

Stick to the roots or revamp entirely to modern times. Pick a lane!

In the end, the plot is a tangled mess with dozens of criminals from Tracy's rogue gallery wasted in pointless cameos. ( )