It is not a philosophical film, rather an uplifting humanistic drama, a dystopian fiction depiction, it's tender and drab at the same time, and reinforces that humanity indeed has a future. The plot moves at a uniformly steady pace, following characters as they venture in and out of danger, encounters betrayal within its own community, and loses a leader. The first ten minutes and the scenes with Michael Caine aside, the film... scarcely ever dull and spiritually uplifting, is tremendously well written and incisive. The cast is excellent; a snarky, trenchcoat-wearing Clive Owen, an arm-crossing Julianne Moore, and Claire-Hope Ashitey all give solid performances. The last 20 minutes are the film's highlight, when Owen guides Kee through the debris, the deteriorating buildings crumbling, and the smoke-laden warfare ensues within their very eyes, the film catches a type of a aesthetic poetry through the multiple grey and dark blue color schemes. As Owen approaches the fog-ridden sea of nothingness, the film concludes with the notion that humanity indeed has a future....
8/10. Just edges The Departed for my 4th favorite film of the year.
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As far as I'm concerned, that the film doesn't sit on his character to "develop" him is a good thing... very Vice-ish too. We get to know him as we go along... and he's just a normal, ordinary guy who "saves the world." Who cares about character.
I'm going to try and see this as many times as I can during it's theatrical release, as I stated in my blog. It looks like an eye-opener, visually.. of course.
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