Suspenseful satire on human behavior

Rating: 7/10 (21 August 2009)

I went into this movie knowing nothing and expecting something different. In this respect, I was mostly disappointed. Although there was some really great satire, (many of the scenes bordered on Saturday Night Live sketches), the overall plot was cliché. Too many times have we seen this same general theme. The last hour The storyline jumped round so many times, like 'let's do this' and then 'well that didn't work, let's do this'. It just felt a bit too loosely woven, without giving the viewer any sense of what the ultimate goal was for the protagonists. My other critique concerns suspension of belief. I don't mind suspending my belief to a certain extent, I think that is a necessary component of enjoying sci-fi. But there were several things that, unless you suspend your disbelief to the point of becoming a goldfish, you will ultimately attribute to poor story-editing.
I actually enjoyed a lot of the shaky cam work, and the characters, acting, casting, it was all Bang On. Obviously, the effects were great.
In retrospect, it was the first half of this movie that made it great- it mockingly, lightheartedly, displayed the most disturbing parts of human character and conduct. It was black comedy brought out in the land of sci-fi,a well-balanced tongue in cheek satire of hygienic cruelty. Unfortunately, The last half was a video game.