Sci Fi with a difference

Rating: 9/10 (13 September 2009)

The central character is really excellent in this film, taking the dull day to day human with his trivial self into the complete unknown in a world he thinks he controls. His allegiance to man dissolves along with his bodily self in a way that grips. The downright blunt references to apartheid are not lost on the audience but neither are they so bludgeoning as to affect the films art. I loved the way this film teetered on the edge of it's story and the way it slams it's characters in your face. The running news was effective although I found the count"UP" from the central characters "exposure" did not add to the pace. By far the best scene is when Christopher sees the experiments in the lab. Great moment.. The ending also is superb. I love the way that the uncertainty of what the humans have done; that the ending itself is uncertain is perfect. Go see it.