Get your sci-fi fix

This movie was recommended to me, and when I finally got around to watching it, I was blown away. Truly impressive movie, especially for something so low budget and unheard of. I know what you’re thinking, I’ve never heard of it, it must suck. Truly wrong. This is an essential movie for any sci-fi fan. It’s kind of like The Matrix meets Minority Report meets 1984.

Plot Summary

A futuristic world where emotion is outlawed and destroyed when possible. Colors that bring emotion are illegal, and the emotion of an entire population of people is controlled by a drug with required use. The main character (whose name evades me…) basically stops taking
this drug and realizes the wrong of the society, and then fights to destroy the so called “perfect world.”

Acting

Mostly decent, but you also have to keep in mind that throughout most of the flick, the main character (damn it, what’s his name?) is literally emotionless, as is everyone else. But don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t flat, all the no-name actors did a good job being emotionless. Christian Bale, playing lead role, excellently portrays the futuristic cop what’s his name and the character is very believable and impressive. Taye Diggs plays the rival during the
movie, but for an emotionless society, his character shows a lot of emotion…but whether it’s bad acting or foreshadowing is a decision left to the viewer.

Visual

Fantastic use of color and shapes, really draws you into the movie and brings out emotion quite well. Subtle visual effects are everywhere in this movie, from the color of the drug to symbol occasionaly visible in the muzzle flare of the pistols, you find yourself engaged not only into the movie, but also into the backgrounds and subtle clues of emotion.

Audio

Unless you have 5.1 surround sound, nothing really outstanding to speak of. The music is fitting and doesn’t draw attention, but it’s not the kind of soundtrack I’d run out and “buy.”

Conclusion

Just see it, damn it. You’ll be glad you did. I know the review doesn’t seem that impressive, but I really didn’t want to spoil the movie.

5 prozium doses out of 5