A simple and very tedious chase movie and a pathetic excuse for sci-fi.

Rating: 4/10 (24 February 2007)

Wow, a dark and dystopian future; some flat-screen tvs, lots of graffiti, and The People Who Throw Things At Vehicles. Oh yeah, and plenty of explosions and can't forget the Generic Men In Black With Guns. Scary times, eh? If that doesn't get you interested, the throw-away characters will. "Girl With Baby" could be "Girl Who Knows Too Much" or "Girl On The Lam", take your pick. But lets stick with "Girl With Baby" that way we can reveal her pregnancy in a dreadfully comic scene with oh so symbolic cows. LOL! "Chase from Generic Men In Black With Guns" could be any arbitrary situation; On the run from drug dealers, set in any war past or future-imagined, innocent people on the run from the police, etc. You need an expositional character; how about a fat lady with dreads? She's worse than it sounds... OK, well we also need wise old man who provide some more exposition and also, a hideaway, Michael Caine sounds nice - but lets give him long hair and make him a pot smoker just for a few laughs. Well, that's about enough to make a movie. For emotional impact, lets kill off one of the big-name characters early in the film in the overdone, shaky, hand-held cam scene. All we need to do is alternate the pace with calm expositional scenes and shaky-cam action scenes with explosions. I suggest watching the film in fast-forward. I watched the final 30 minutes that way. Didn't miss a thing. *** Clive Owen was great - seemed like he was acting for another movie - there was no gravitas around him, just explosions, men with guns, and people who throw things. "Girl With Baby" was annoying - I was rooting for her to die.