Read or watch 1984 instead.

Rating: 3/10 (3 May 2007)

Despite the wonderful cast, the story - apart from the basic idea, which has appealed to me so much that I eventually watched this picture- is a disappointment.
Why are there no kids? Why then yet one to come? Why does Michael Caine as Palmer sacrifice himself instead of fleeing, it is sooooo pointless. Why is the old lady helping them flee interrogated, captured and killed? Why does Julianne Moore as Taylor kidnap Clive Owen as Faron in the first place, I should rather think there are far better and more forward strategies to get your former love of your life involved in your issues now, really.
No explanations are given, which would be if not okay but acceptable, in case of a coherent story, unlike here.
Apart from the few war scene intermezzi at the end where the pregnant girl is almost worshiped by the folks who continue shooting afterwards nevertheless (business has its own rules), I could not name any other capturing parts. The end of Faron at the seas is almost an insult to the viewer.
I am quite sure that the novel must have been better and that this is an unlucky Hollywood version only, otherwise I can not imagine why after the so great 1984 has been written and made into a movie, and we have had Matrix and The Island and a bunch of others dealing with the end of the world as it may seem likely, anyone would have seen anything in this non-existing plot.