Could Really Happen!!

Rating: 8/10 (26 September 2006)

I went to see this film last night and I found it at times shocking, moving, exciting and funny. The storyline is a little thin with many things (such as the Human Project) not fully explained. However, for me this added to the total effect of the film. Instead of an old fashioned chase film where your concentration rests on the next obstacle/explosion I found myself resting on the fact that Britain could turnout like this. It is, in my opinion, the most realistic portrayal of what the near future may be like. Immigration is already a political hot potato and illegal immigrant probably would be locked up in cages if everyone was trying to get into the UK. Anyway, I am clearly getting off topic.
The acting is first rate, notably Caine as an ageing hippy who grows his own weed! Owen does a good job as well but he always seems to play the emotionally torn role in almost everything he does.
It is very well directed, at times Blade Runner-esquire, and at times comparable to Saving Private Ryan, (in an excellent battle sequence).
All in all, I give this film 8 out of 10, could have been better, but not by much.