The savior of SF in America

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2003)

It took someone who had enough stones to make a film like this in ANY country to understand, and ultimately save, science-fiction from the rut of sequels, useless plots and way too expensive special effects budgets. If there was ever a movie that earned it's place in the hallowed halls of SF perfection, this would be ahead of Star Wars. The film is far from flawless, though, even people who have read the entire foundation series from Asimov would still get confused at the ending, and someone who got sucked into the first watching would rub the tape clear at the last 15 minutes. Nevertheless, it is still a masterpiece and should be held as such. Another point to add: the people who say it either sucks or rocks probably never understood the ending, otherwise they would feel as I do: it is a mediocre cop-out of an ending.