Promising start, great science fiction flick, but what a disappointing resolve.

Rating: 6/10 (19 September 2009)

I gave this movie 6/10 only because the ending was quite a disappointment. This is the problem with the script, obviously. The rest of the story, the acting, the CG were great, we were glued to our seats. But the closer it got to the end, the more I was afraid that the ending will disappoint, and I was right.
The movie felt unfinished, left for a convenient continuation of District 10 or whatever it's going to be called. I just don't like feeling cheated, and that's how I felt after the ending.
Having said that, this movie does stand out from the sci-fi crowd, it's unusual, it does not have famous actors, and it does not follow typical Hollywood plot. It feels ironic and almost self depreciating at first, and not everything is explained. In fact, the movie leaves quite a lot unexplained. Yet, it is a thrilling watch, and if it wasn't for the ending, I'd give it a 9/10.