Clive Owen is good but the film lacks depth

Rating: 6/10 (4 February 2007)

I agree with those who say the film does not deserve its current high rating. I had high expectations after reading the reviews. I was rather disappointed. Clive Owen is good, and the film is well filmed in general. The action scenes are realistic. However the film is much shallower than it pretends to be, and there is little that is original in it. Much of the film shows people shooting at one another and otherwise being vicious. But for the "world-gone-to-hell" near-future settings, there are better films. There is little character development either. I liked the animals--cats, dogs-- in the film (and there are quite a few). They seemed to embody some sort of normality. It is worth watching if you are a Clive Owen fan, but this film left me with the feeling that it is evasive, escapist and soothing, instead of being bold and thought-provoking which I think it was meant to be.