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I saw the film and was disappointed.
I expected to see a sci-fi action film with a large amount of left wing social commentary. I was okay with that. It's fine to express your beliefs through film. I mean forrest gump is full of it, but many people don't NOTICE the commentary because the film is good. I still like forrest gump, even though the message it's giving is total horse shit (believe in god, do what you're told, everything will work out for you...even though you're a moron...rebel and you will get AIDS and die.)
This film is not good. It's not terrible either, but that's largely due to budget and SFX. It was not visually disappointing. As a story, I'd say it crosses the thin line between social commentary and flat out propaganda. It's so busy hammering it's commentary down that the characters are left bare and the story full of holes.
There was a lot left on the table here IMO. The setting had great potential, but I wasn't impressed. Some people may enjoy it, but I was pretty 'meh'. I think the best it offered was visuals, and those were very good.
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