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I saw this film a few weeks back at a mates house and thoroughly enjoyed it. I meant to buy it myself, but promptly forgot to only to be reminded when I saw the picture of Christian Bale as Batman posted elsewhere in this forum.
If you don't know the film, it's sort of a cross between 1984 and The Matrix having, as it does, a totalitarian dictatorship that controls people and forces them to take drugs to suppress their emotions while at the same time featuring cool guys with long black coats, big guns, swords and plenty of fancy moves.
The official spiel is ...
"A future where the world is at peace but emotions are gone; war is a distant memory, and so is music, art and poetry. Here, emotion is illegal and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Clerick John Preston (Christian Bale) is the government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules, but forced to kill one of his own agents, he begins to question everything. Now the man who has been trained to enforce the strict laws, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it."
It's a darn enjoyable film that I personally hadn't even heard of until I watched it and it immediately earned a place in my top 5 (just behind Grosse Pointe Blank :^).
Rent it, at least, and give it a go. You never know ... you just might like it.
TIMMARGH!
If you don't know the film, it's sort of a cross between 1984 and The Matrix having, as it does, a totalitarian dictatorship that controls people and forces them to take drugs to suppress their emotions while at the same time featuring cool guys with long black coats, big guns, swords and plenty of fancy moves.
The official spiel is ...
"A future where the world is at peace but emotions are gone; war is a distant memory, and so is music, art and poetry. Here, emotion is illegal and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Clerick John Preston (Christian Bale) is the government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules, but forced to kill one of his own agents, he begins to question everything. Now the man who has been trained to enforce the strict laws, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it."
It's a darn enjoyable film that I personally hadn't even heard of until I watched it and it immediately earned a place in my top 5 (just behind Grosse Pointe Blank :^).
Rent it, at least, and give it a go. You never know ... you just might like it.
TIMMARGH!
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Yeah, I quite liked this too. It did shamelessly "borrow" the whole trenchcoat coolness from the Matrix, but it was quite interesting to see how this country will be in a few years time. And that bit with the puppy got the loudest "awwwwwwwww" from my girlfriend.
Being the sad git that I am, I was praying that the puppy wouldn't get it ...
*sniff*
*sniff*
Seen it a while back. While I can't help admire the serious subject matter (I love serious SF), I thought it bit off far more than it could chew. An emotionless society? The Clerics are certainly emotional creatures.
Also, I found it hard to believe that a society shunning makeup would let the woman prisoner keep her blusher and lipstick ;)
The "Gun-Kata" was coooool though, but there should have been more than two scenes.
Still, a brave effort and enjoyable enough.
[edi]Oh, and cute dogs in movies should automatically suffer a slow death, as should cute kids. As soon as you see one (or both) you know the hero / heroin is going to risk their own death to save them.
Also, I found it hard to believe that a society shunning makeup would let the woman prisoner keep her blusher and lipstick ;)
The "Gun-Kata" was coooool though, but there should have been more than two scenes.
Still, a brave effort and enjoyable enough.
[edi]Oh, and cute dogs in movies should automatically suffer a slow death, as should cute kids. As soon as you see one (or both) you know the hero / heroin is going to risk their own death to save them.
I saw this film a few weeks back at a mates house and thoroughly enjoyed it. I meant to buy it myself, but promptly forgot to only to be reminded when I saw the picture of Christian Bale as Batman posted elsewhere in this forum.
If you don't know the film, it's sort of a cross between 1984 and The Matrix having, as it does, a totalitarian dictatorship that controls people and forces them to take drugs to suppress their emotions while at the same time featuring cool guys with long black coats, big guns, swords and plenty of fancy moves.
The official spiel is ...
"A future where the world is at peace but emotions are gone; war is a distant memory, and so is music, art and poetry. Here, emotion is illegal and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Clerick John Preston (Christian Bale) is the government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules, but forced to kill one of his own agents, he begins to question everything. Now the man who has been trained to enforce the strict laws, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it."
It's a darn enjoyable film that I personally hadn't even heard of until I watched it and it immediately earned a place in my top 5 (just behind Grosse Pointe Blank :^).
Rent it, at least, and give it a go. You never know ... you just might like it.
TIMMARGH!
If you don't know the film, it's sort of a cross between 1984 and The Matrix having, as it does, a totalitarian dictatorship that controls people and forces them to take drugs to suppress their emotions while at the same time featuring cool guys with long black coats, big guns, swords and plenty of fancy moves.
The official spiel is ...
"A future where the world is at peace but emotions are gone; war is a distant memory, and so is music, art and poetry. Here, emotion is illegal and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Clerick John Preston (Christian Bale) is the government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules, but forced to kill one of his own agents, he begins to question everything. Now the man who has been trained to enforce the strict laws, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it."
It's a darn enjoyable film that I personally hadn't even heard of until I watched it and it immediately earned a place in my top 5 (just behind Grosse Pointe Blank :^).
Rent it, at least, and give it a go. You never know ... you just might like it.
TIMMARGH!
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