I had similar thoughts [watched it solo and again with my parents] it was a good return to form and given how long it was in development hell it was a nice surprise how entertaining it was and that they were able to naturally work the legacy character in [with maybe the Serge scene feeling a little bolted on].
4:33 It show how Liam Neeson action films have gone from being a novelty into a cliche that in the 'Jupiter Ascending' bit Axel says he's 'working on the Liam Neeson action film 'Gridlock!'