Very good film, you just have to pay attention

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2013)

I did not find this film to be a mess at all. In fact, quite the opposite. The way they edit it all together is absolutely seamless as they jump to and fro through the centuries and stories, and tie it all together so that everything is connected.
Visuals are fantastic, I love the futuristic Korea, and the post-apocalypse Hawaii. The acting is amazing, which you can always expect of Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, plus the rest of the cast does an awesome job as well.
I gave this 9 stars instead of 10 because I found it very very very distracting when they tried to use make up to make the Asian actress look like a caucasian ginger. The facial structures between caucasians and asians are different, so it physically did not look right. Plus...her English was not really up to par with that particular character. (You would assume a girl from a slave- owning family would have a firm grasp on the English language,...especially since her characters father speaks perfect English. I don't know, I'm a stickler for details.)