Overrated and full of boring political commentary

Rating: 3/10 (9 April 2007)

Pros: Nicely shot, Clive Owen is believable
Cons: Somewhat miscategorized as science fiction, political preachy crud throughout the film gets boring FAST
Yes, bad western civilization! See the Arab-like immigrants marching through the streets with AK-47s. Poor downtrodden masses! See the army kill women and children! See foreigners put in cages!! (why? we don't know...) Bad government. Bad rich people. Bleah...
Believe the Luke-warm and negative reviews of this film. A LOT of them hit the nail on the head. Could've been sooo much better with some explanation, less plot holes (some of them are truly ENORMOUS as other reviews have pointed out), less preaching and more story. And it's not that I agree or don't agree on the political stance of the director or author, just make a movie for gosh sakes!! You could have had a lasting piece of movie history on your hands instead of airing out your political views to everyone.
Bad, bad government!! Whatever...
Clive Owen was very good. Good character. The cinematography was very good. Michael Caine's "pull my finger" schtick was annoying. Glad to see him go (did the Fish at least pull the finger first?)
How this could have a composite rating of 8.1 on IMDb is beyond me...