This was a great film: very moving

Rating: 9/10 (3 April 2007)

This film was so wonderful. Every moment of the film was filled with intricate details and that made it that much better. As to the criticisms of this film being too "political"...don't knock its good intentions. Besides, I am not sure whether that point is justified because Clive Owen's character was so apolitical, so cynical about politics and the film really pivots around his performance and the strength of the character's "goodness" and lack of political affiliation. Furthermore, I thought the film was very anti political-fanaticism.
It had so many nuances. There are films which are just about putting across an idea, but it's not often that we get a film with the right emotional tone. There were moments where this viewer felt so moved because there was, sorry to sound corny, a lot of emotionally-charged truth in the film pertinent to today's world - how we continue to destroy each other so recklessly, even while we recognise how precious life is: the scene where Faron and Kee and baby walk out into the tanks and soldiers and everyone is flabbagastered by the sight of a baby and stops fighting - but only for a matter of minutes; the fact that humanity is coming to an end because no one can conceive but we still put "fugees" in cages and treat them just about as badly as we do animals; the fact that we hold certain political convictions that we think will change the world and make the world better but we are willing to compromise basic morality by taking lives in the name of this political idealism.
Michael Caine was so wonderful too. He rarely gets a chance to play these eccentrics and he made most of it. The continuous action shots that lasted over 5 or 10 minutes were so good too. Great cast, great story, genius direction and writing = great, great film. Go out and rent it/buy it now!