Politiccal BS pretending to be science fiction

Rating: 2/10 (1 April 2007)

I love science fiction. I loved Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys and Dark City. They all had believable scientific explanations for the plot, but this movie makes no attempt to explain the science behind the infertility or the poverty. After setting through the gloominess, depressing poverty and brutality I was hoping for some coherent explanation of what caused it all. So I watched all the bonus material on the DVD and found the most ridiculous explanations of what had caused the deterioration of the human race. It seems that globalization, capitalism and global warming (caused by capitalism) are the culprits. If you look at the countries with the least poverty, highest standard of living, best human rights records and the least pollution they are all democracies with capitalistic economies. This movie even blamed tsunamis on global warming! What a joke. There is a lot of fiction here but not much science. I really hate movies with such an obvious political agenda.