worth a look but I question the originality

Rating: 6/10 (15 November 2009)

All the usual elements are here ... the estranged couple, the ungrateful son, the goofy new boyfriend, the power made bureaucrat. Also, the devastation sequence and idea is pretty darn preposterous. However, this film has enough action and special effects to make it worth watching. I enjoyed it anyway. It's not Cohen Bros, it's not Tarantino ... but it's entertaining. Buit, am I the only person who thinks the storyline is VERY (and I mean VERY, VERY) similar to Ben Elton's classic first novel Stark? (The 'ships' you have to pay billion s to get one are even called 'arks'). Ben would be too nice a bloke to complain of course