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drwexSome people debate the 27% Rotten Tomatoes rating. They're wrong. This film really is that bad. It's "may I have those hours of my life back, please" bad. Do not waste your time unless you want to MST3K something. (0/5 stars because no).
I remarked to Pygment on completing the movie(*) that I was surprised the film doesn't collapse under the weight of all the cliches it's carrying. I mean, literally there are so many cliches piled on top of one another that one of the characters in the film remarks on how cliche it is.
The "plot" makes no sense. I mean, none. Somehow you should accept that identical genetic sequencing means two people are the same. It's not clear if you're supposed to believe in rebirth (one of the characters seems to, some do not) or whatever but anyway, no. Somebody murdered their mother and so when an Earth girl shows up with a genetic sequence now they have to murder her too. I can't even.
The characters' actions make no sense. People who are supposed to be rich behave like proles or bad Bond villains, with nothing in between. Civilizations that have star-spanning technology and city-level instant building capability somehow don't use robots, like at all. Also, they have to harvest organics rather that just molecularly synthesizing anything. Because... not even Reasons. There are no reasons.
The tech is alternately absurd and very flashy and somehow people Doing It All Themselves is the right answer to everything because somehow the person is better than a machine always and in every way. Because... nope, still no Reasons.
The action sequences are also very flashy and also spectacularly dull and predictable. I get it, you're supposed to look at the pretty and not actually turn on your brain but it's just badly choreographed and badly shot and ... bad.
I credit the actors for trying. I blame the Wachowskis for trading on their reputations to get someone to fund this drek.
(*) We saw it outdoors courtesy of friends of ours who have a screen set up in their backyard. Yay for socially distanced movies; better choices next time.
I remarked to Pygment on completing the movie(*) that I was surprised the film doesn't collapse under the weight of all the cliches it's carrying. I mean, literally there are so many cliches piled on top of one another that one of the characters in the film remarks on how cliche it is.
The "plot" makes no sense. I mean, none. Somehow you should accept that identical genetic sequencing means two people are the same. It's not clear if you're supposed to believe in rebirth (one of the characters seems to, some do not) or whatever but anyway, no. Somebody murdered their mother and so when an Earth girl shows up with a genetic sequence now they have to murder her too. I can't even.
The characters' actions make no sense. People who are supposed to be rich behave like proles or bad Bond villains, with nothing in between. Civilizations that have star-spanning technology and city-level instant building capability somehow don't use robots, like at all. Also, they have to harvest organics rather that just molecularly synthesizing anything. Because... not even Reasons. There are no reasons.
The tech is alternately absurd and very flashy and somehow people Doing It All Themselves is the right answer to everything because somehow the person is better than a machine always and in every way. Because... nope, still no Reasons.
The action sequences are also very flashy and also spectacularly dull and predictable. I get it, you're supposed to look at the pretty and not actually turn on your brain but it's just badly choreographed and badly shot and ... bad.
I credit the actors for trying. I blame the Wachowskis for trading on their reputations to get someone to fund this drek.
(*) We saw it outdoors courtesy of friends of ours who have a screen set up in their backyard. Yay for socially distanced movies; better choices next time.
