Action/Philosophy/Sci-Fi in one package! Wow!

Rating: 8/10 (4 November 2016)

Without spoiling anything the movie challenges materialism in a way which I didn't think a film could achieve. It was neither nihilistic nor religious and that takes a good deal of creativity. What indeed lies beyond "The Doors of Perception" as Huxley wrote? The film is philosophical at times and pulls back from the seriousness with a lot of artistic action or wit. As one who sighs at the superstitious the introduction of the surreal in the film was more convincing than anything I've yet to see or read. Perhaps it was the film's artistic representation of a world being created fluidly, much like those ever shifting visuals one gets right before falling in a deep sleep. The only reason I would refrain from giving this movie a 10 was the good/evil story line was, for me, too simplistic. Strange was certainly interesting but the lesser characters seemed a bit too thrown together. Overall, superb.