Incredible visuals and score but the story in this one fell a little flat for me

Guy who has only seen Spider-Man 2 watching his second movie: getting a lot of Spider-Man 2 vibes from this...

Somehow McQuarrie managed not only to fix dead reckoning's mess of a story but also to also craft one of the best blockbusters in recent memory. Also, my friend was somehow stupid enough to leave to go to the bathroom right before the dive sequence and missed almost the entire thing so I would appreciate if you would me in laughing at him.

I honestly have no clue what to make of the story, but it has some incredibly striking and beautiful images. I feel like I watched this too early, like maybe in a few years when I've seen more movies this'll click for me but right now I'm just kinda puzzled.