Getting to see this film was a worthy of a Danny Boyle movie in its self. I booked a 2pm showing and, after waiting in the rain I finally jumped on the No 57 bus at 1.50pm.. At 2.07pm I was still on the bus, in heavy traffic on Richmond Road.. Then a passenger asked the driver to stop and let him off as he had a train to catch. With this about 10 of us jumped ship and I legged it into town. Anyway, to cut a long story short I got to the cinema at 2.25pm, soaking wet but in time to catch the entire film..
This was one of those films I was looking forward to. The trailer looked good and I liked Joseph Kosinski's Tron legacy.
It's a typical sci-fi theme. Ravaged and desolate post 'alien war' earth is patrolled by Tom Cruise and Andrea Riseborough (who gets more gorgeous with each movie! That's Andrea not Tom) When along drops Olga Kurylenko and you know, sci-fi stuff happens..
It started off well. As in Prometheus, Iceland played a big part in the backdrop and it looked gorgeous. In fact the whole film look gorgeous (a lot like Tron)
It borrowed heavily from a lot of Sci-fi. Not only the aforementioned Prometheus and Tron but also Star Wars (pick an episode), Independence Day, Moon and, yes even Wall-E. This isn't necessarily a bad thing as I like pretty well like any sci-fi. But despite its gorgeousness it's no Prometheus, and certainly no Moon. It has one or two failings, the main one being the cheesy ending. But that's not enough to detract from what is basically an enjoyable couple of hours..
I may catch it again if I'm at a loose end but until then it gets a solid ***1/2..
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