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Basically an updating of 1984.
Feelings are outlawed in some near future after WW3. Feelings are deemed to cause wars/hate/jealousy/fear and are banned.
Instead of thought-crimes, there are "sense-crimes"
Instead of Big Brother on massive screens telling everyone that individuality is bad, "Father" is on massive screens tellinge everyone that feelings are bad and listing unauthorised items such as books, music etc etc.
Instead of the Thought-Police, there are Clerics.
But to all intents and purposes, it's 1984.
With a "brand-new martial art" called Gun-Kata. Which amounts to lots of fast cutting and shooting.
Christian Bale plays Cleric Somethingorother, traipsing around in a big black...well...Cleric's coat - reminiscent of Matrix Reloaded.
There's a plot about the resistance, a group of people that refuset to take their dosage of whatever drug everyone takes to keep their feelings repressed.
It's alright if you can get past the 1984 retelling, with some Wizard of Oz thrown in.
It did make me appreciate The Matrix/Reloaded all the more for the fighting scenes. Why?
Because with The Wachowski Bros, they made the actors train for months so they can have long fluid scenes of combat, you can tell the actors know their chops and are actually doing it.
This Gun-Kata thing, is all in the editing.
There's even a lobby scene. With lots of cutting away in fights.
It's quite cool and looks good, but it pales in comparison to The Matrix fight scenes. Nothing to do with bullet-time, just the fact that the actors in Matrix are going at it in long, single takes.
Instead of aim/cut/shoot/cut/bullet hit/cut/shoot....
Not a bad film by any means, just so George Orwell.
Except for the Blade Runner shot steal with the flames reflecting in an eyeball at the end (go watch the 1st scene of Blade Runner, it's 100% an "homage").
Christian Bale is good enough, Emily Watson is wasted sitting in an interrogation room and Brian Conley is as you'd expect.
Nice face slicing-off at the end. Some nifty shoot outs, obvious references to Blade Runner/1984/Wizard of Oz/Soylent Green but not a bad film.
7/10
Feelings are outlawed in some near future after WW3. Feelings are deemed to cause wars/hate/jealousy/fear and are banned.
Instead of thought-crimes, there are "sense-crimes"
Instead of Big Brother on massive screens telling everyone that individuality is bad, "Father" is on massive screens tellinge everyone that feelings are bad and listing unauthorised items such as books, music etc etc.
Instead of the Thought-Police, there are Clerics.
But to all intents and purposes, it's 1984.
With a "brand-new martial art" called Gun-Kata. Which amounts to lots of fast cutting and shooting.
Christian Bale plays Cleric Somethingorother, traipsing around in a big black...well...Cleric's coat - reminiscent of Matrix Reloaded.
There's a plot about the resistance, a group of people that refuset to take their dosage of whatever drug everyone takes to keep their feelings repressed.
It's alright if you can get past the 1984 retelling, with some Wizard of Oz thrown in.
It did make me appreciate The Matrix/Reloaded all the more for the fighting scenes. Why?
Because with The Wachowski Bros, they made the actors train for months so they can have long fluid scenes of combat, you can tell the actors know their chops and are actually doing it.
This Gun-Kata thing, is all in the editing.
There's even a lobby scene. With lots of cutting away in fights.
It's quite cool and looks good, but it pales in comparison to The Matrix fight scenes. Nothing to do with bullet-time, just the fact that the actors in Matrix are going at it in long, single takes.
Instead of aim/cut/shoot/cut/bullet hit/cut/shoot....
Not a bad film by any means, just so George Orwell.
Except for the Blade Runner shot steal with the flames reflecting in an eyeball at the end (go watch the 1st scene of Blade Runner, it's 100% an "homage").
Christian Bale is good enough, Emily Watson is wasted sitting in an interrogation room and Brian Conley is as you'd expect.
Nice face slicing-off at the end. Some nifty shoot outs, obvious references to Blade Runner/1984/Wizard of Oz/Soylent Green but not a bad film.
7/10
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"he'll survive Troy, being Odysseus and all. Probably survive The Big Empty as well, but I wouldn't bet on it."
Bean is in Troy? That's it, I'm seeing it.
Bean is in Troy? That's it, I'm seeing it.
Pre-ordered on DVD at Play.
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The sword fight at the end was lame, especially seeing the face on the floor at the end. Rubbish. But I liked the gun fight.
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The sword fight at the end was lame, especially seeing the face on the floor at the end. Rubbish. But I liked the gun fight.
Kiriyama wrote:
> Yeah, does he survive any film he's in? :P
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A popular question on this board, so much that I seem to automatically know the answer.
Ronin, Black Beauty (I haven't seen it, honest, really) and all of the Sharpe ones. Oh, and he'll survive Troy, being Odysseus and all. Probably survive The Big Empty as well, but I wouldn't bet on it.
> Yeah, does he survive any film he's in? :P
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A popular question on this board, so much that I seem to automatically know the answer.
Ronin, Black Beauty (I haven't seen it, honest, really) and all of the Sharpe ones. Oh, and he'll survive Troy, being Odysseus and all. Probably survive The Big Empty as well, but I wouldn't bet on it.
*spoilers if you havent seen this film and want to*
That film had the one of funniest scene's I've seen in movie history. All through the film there was a build up to a climactic battle between the best goodie and the best baddie, the, one move, a blink and off comes his face. I genuinally laughed out loud in the cinema for ages, infact eventually people started joining in. :D
That film had the one of funniest scene's I've seen in movie history. All through the film there was a build up to a climactic battle between the best goodie and the best baddie, the, one move, a blink and off comes his face. I genuinally laughed out loud in the cinema for ages, infact eventually people started joining in. :D
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Was this the film with that guy dancing round like he was an extra
> from the Matrix?
Indeed.
> Was this the film with that guy dancing round like he was an extra
> from the Matrix?
Indeed.
Yeah, does he survive any film he's in? :P
Kiriyama wrote:
> Glad you liked it. I enjoyed it when I saw it. Did it ever get a
> cinema release by the way? If so, it was bloody fast!
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Yeah, it was out for about 3 weeks. I saw it. Sean Pertwee was amusing, and they kill Sean Bean - yet again.
> Glad you liked it. I enjoyed it when I saw it. Did it ever get a
> cinema release by the way? If so, it was bloody fast!
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Yeah, it was out for about 3 weeks. I saw it. Sean Pertwee was amusing, and they kill Sean Bean - yet again.
Was this the film with that guy dancing round like he was an extra from the Matrix?
Glad you liked it. I enjoyed it when I saw it. Did it ever get a cinema release by the way? If so, it was bloody fast!
Basically an updating of 1984.
Feelings are outlawed in some near future after WW3. Feelings are deemed to cause wars/hate/jealousy/fear and are banned.
Instead of thought-crimes, there are "sense-crimes"
Instead of Big Brother on massive screens telling everyone that individuality is bad, "Father" is on massive screens tellinge everyone that feelings are bad and listing unauthorised items such as books, music etc etc.
Instead of the Thought-Police, there are Clerics.
But to all intents and purposes, it's 1984.
With a "brand-new martial art" called Gun-Kata. Which amounts to lots of fast cutting and shooting.
Christian Bale plays Cleric Somethingorother, traipsing around in a big black...well...Cleric's coat - reminiscent of Matrix Reloaded.
There's a plot about the resistance, a group of people that refuset to take their dosage of whatever drug everyone takes to keep their feelings repressed.
It's alright if you can get past the 1984 retelling, with some Wizard of Oz thrown in.
It did make me appreciate The Matrix/Reloaded all the more for the fighting scenes. Why?
Because with The Wachowski Bros, they made the actors train for months so they can have long fluid scenes of combat, you can tell the actors know their chops and are actually doing it.
This Gun-Kata thing, is all in the editing.
There's even a lobby scene. With lots of cutting away in fights.
It's quite cool and looks good, but it pales in comparison to The Matrix fight scenes. Nothing to do with bullet-time, just the fact that the actors in Matrix are going at it in long, single takes.
Instead of aim/cut/shoot/cut/bullet hit/cut/shoot....
Not a bad film by any means, just so George Orwell.
Except for the Blade Runner shot steal with the flames reflecting in an eyeball at the end (go watch the 1st scene of Blade Runner, it's 100% an "homage").
Christian Bale is good enough, Emily Watson is wasted sitting in an interrogation room and Brian Conley is as you'd expect.
Nice face slicing-off at the end. Some nifty shoot outs, obvious references to Blade Runner/1984/Wizard of Oz/Soylent Green but not a bad film.
7/10
Feelings are outlawed in some near future after WW3. Feelings are deemed to cause wars/hate/jealousy/fear and are banned.
Instead of thought-crimes, there are "sense-crimes"
Instead of Big Brother on massive screens telling everyone that individuality is bad, "Father" is on massive screens tellinge everyone that feelings are bad and listing unauthorised items such as books, music etc etc.
Instead of the Thought-Police, there are Clerics.
But to all intents and purposes, it's 1984.
With a "brand-new martial art" called Gun-Kata. Which amounts to lots of fast cutting and shooting.
Christian Bale plays Cleric Somethingorother, traipsing around in a big black...well...Cleric's coat - reminiscent of Matrix Reloaded.
There's a plot about the resistance, a group of people that refuset to take their dosage of whatever drug everyone takes to keep their feelings repressed.
It's alright if you can get past the 1984 retelling, with some Wizard of Oz thrown in.
It did make me appreciate The Matrix/Reloaded all the more for the fighting scenes. Why?
Because with The Wachowski Bros, they made the actors train for months so they can have long fluid scenes of combat, you can tell the actors know their chops and are actually doing it.
This Gun-Kata thing, is all in the editing.
There's even a lobby scene. With lots of cutting away in fights.
It's quite cool and looks good, but it pales in comparison to The Matrix fight scenes. Nothing to do with bullet-time, just the fact that the actors in Matrix are going at it in long, single takes.
Instead of aim/cut/shoot/cut/bullet hit/cut/shoot....
Not a bad film by any means, just so George Orwell.
Except for the Blade Runner shot steal with the flames reflecting in an eyeball at the end (go watch the 1st scene of Blade Runner, it's 100% an "homage").
Christian Bale is good enough, Emily Watson is wasted sitting in an interrogation room and Brian Conley is as you'd expect.
Nice face slicing-off at the end. Some nifty shoot outs, obvious references to Blade Runner/1984/Wizard of Oz/Soylent Green but not a bad film.
7/10
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