Entertaining Easy Watch but feels like we've seen it before

Rating: 7/10 (2 September 2013)

Its an enjoyable film, plenty happening, easy to follow, good case, thought provoking material but it doesn't feel original. The market seems saturated with 'earths a mess and people live in space' type films i.e. Oblivion, Total Recall etc. Saying that this is the best one of these and does give you a more realistic sense of what could happen in the future has a layer of gritty reality to it that seems to give is more credibility. There are random elements to it, why is a South African commando's (or whatever they were) stationed in Los Angeles, just felt like that Blomkamp wants something to do with South Africa in there even if its irrelevant or compromises the plausibility of the film. Its a good watch mind so don't be put off and enough in it to keep most film fans entertained.