i was just wondering. i was trying to think of another blu ray to pick up and i only like to have big budget movies with lots of 'slposions and special effects. any reviews? opinions of it?
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I think you'll probably like it.
It's a smart action-filled science fiction movie from an obviously talented newcomer to the movie industry, and it's great.
Nice little smart action movie that looks great and was shot on a refreshingly small budget of $30 million, showing that you don't need huge bloated budgets in order to make a great movie.
But it's really cool. Some people criticize it for "plot holes", though I ted to think of it as the movie not needing to explicitly spell everything out for the audience.
Others love the first half of the movie, while criticizing the second half for degrading into a standard Hollywood "shoot-em-up" style. While there's certainly some fair validity to this claim, I still like the movie because the standard action stuff was very well done, and pretty damn cool.
All in all, it was a refreshingly intelligent science fiction movie, until it turned into a standard action movie. And once it turned into a standard action movie, it was the best videogame movie I've ever seen (that wasn't based on a videogame).
It's cool beans, give it a try. Some smart social commentary, a lot of cool and extremely violent videogame-style action (complete with a particularly cool mech that was ****ing badass) and some nice little existential themes reminiscent of David Cronenberg's remake of The Fly.
Or let's put it another way. Have you ever seen that movie "Enemy Mine" starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gosset Jr? In a lot of ways, it's sort of similar to "Enemy Mine", only about a thousand times better and more awesome.
Not everyone likes it, but it's pretty darn good, and has gotten a hell of a lot of critical praise. It's definitely worth watching, though you may want to rent it before you buy it.
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