If anything, the wonder that this movie does create is the thought of how much better it would be
if evil queen Theron were given more prowess in this story; how much she'd be able to save an otherwise murky movie from its title characters with more than just her brief moments of delicious darkness.
A sociopath who could have long conversations with Hannibal Lecter and Heath Ledger's Joker (with a sexual ambiguity that would make him seem like an old - fashioned
evil -
queen character,
if the script didn't let Craig defuse that possibility with one line), he's a terrifying opponent in a series that's offered up more than a few stock madmen.