By far one of the BEST!

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2007)

Let me preface by saying that even with movies that I believe are classic, I tend to still only give them a 9. However, this movie moved me and struck me in such a way that I had to go ahead and give it a perfect 10.
First the acting: While some may argue that Clive Owen's acting may be a bit dry at times, he actually fits the part perfectly. Considering the setting for this movie, one cannot expect right off the bat extremely moving and deep acting. It's set during a time of pure despair and loss of hope. And by midway through the movie, you see him transform and see a side that you normally do not see from Clive Owen in his movies (particularly because of this type of movie and the producing of it). Julianne Moore still has that wonderful persona about her of being professional enough to fit her character and come across as a bit of a hard-ass yet still perfectly capable of pure emotions. Michael Cane's character(while his fate is unfortunate) cracked me up and was perfect.
Secondly, the plot, story, directing, cinematography, etc: The story, while it has been speculated, and I believe been produced in possibly a few other movies, is so raw and radical yet can be seen as so realistic! The directing and cinematography could not have been done any better for this movie. The scenes were superbly set up in terms of what needed to be "seen" during them. The key scenes that struck me in particular were the following from off the top of my head(Spoilers):
1)In the beginning scene after Clive Owen comes out of the coffee shop and a bomb is detonated in that same shop after he walks about 30 feet from it (this is when i had a feeling i would in no way be disappointed by this movie).
2)The entire time from when Julianne Moore and Clive Owen's characters are riding the car playing the game with the ping pong ball to when she is killed. CRUCIAL to the film in terms of raw emotion and completely sudden occurrences.
3-?) There are so many more to be listed but I'd prefer not to spoil any more of the movie and let you watch it.
The cinematography was excellent especially in showing the complete and utter devastation and chaos that has come over the world in just the twenty years.
In a way I felt as if I were watching a George Orwell or Aldous Huxley novel being put to film. It was SUPERB. I will leave the rest of you to go see it for yourself!