Very Good, "Thinking" picture.

Rating: 9/10 (28 October 2012)

This is not a fantastic movie, but it's a very very good one. If you go into it expecting another "Matrix", you'll be disappointed. Like "The Matrix", it's a thinking picture -- you'll likely leave it with friends talking about what it says and what it means -- but unlike The Matrix, it's a lot less of an action picture. There's one segment which does have a fair amount of action, but most of the story isn't filled with very much of things like that. It's a lot more "characterization" based.
The trailers are slightly deceptive, too. They make it look as though it goes from the distant past into the far future, but in reality, it spans about 500 years starting in around 1830 or so.
The theme is the connectedness of all humanity, and of how what goes around comes around... Karma, in the classic sense. Even if you don't believe in Karma, it's still the kind of picture that engenders discussion about why you, or those around you, believe or disbelieve.
I'd suggest its cinematography does make good use of the large screen, and will suffer on the small one... so it should be seen in a theater and not just in the home cinema.