recycled, over-hyped "ZPG" retread

Rating: 4/10 (25 March 2007)

I had great hope when I first saw the reviews. really should have known better. Hadn't seen such juvenile SF fluff since the glory days of my youth. Eerily reminiscent of junk like "ZPG", but possibly even more empty, and pointless. I just watched the DVD an hour ago, and really, all I can call to mind is Michael Caine smoking a joint of his "Strawberry Cough" marijuana. good laugh, Michael...
Junk SF doesn't die, it just waits 20-30 years, until we forget how stupid, and boring it was, and tries again. This was all bluster, with the most pedestrian "Action" scenes I've ever seen. I always enjoy Michael Caine, but his part in this was brief, and rather minimal. (he's much better as "Alfred" in "Batman Begins"). It tries to present a true Dystopian vision, but it's absolutely nothing we haven't seen done better, before.