Surreal Story Redeemed By Interesting Qualities

Rating: 6/10 (16 September 2009)

In the tradition of experimental film making which has been promoted by major studios in recent years comes this film. A sometimes incoherent but overall odd story line that follows the lives of a discriminated alien race, stranded on Earth and forced to live in slum like conditions. In the idea of "What if this actually happened"? kind of theory the producers of the film antagonize humans especially with the MNU and the Nigerian Gangs as vulgar, selfish, capitalist pigs, and power mongers that are more focused on self-gain than peace relations.
Because of this kind of take on the film I notice that this film is somewhat politically motivated and biased. It is related to human rights the alien equivalent of that. The film is told through interview reels, candid camera scenes, and then some traditional performance scenes. How the film shifts makes the film even more surreal through the odd story arc. Its an interesting take on genre and very original in its own way for science fiction. Still the film is overly focused on visuals and political innuendo than trying to make an innovative science fiction movie which this film had the potential to do.
I still recommend this film it has an interesting quality to it that is hard to come by in other science fiction films.