'Potemkin' of the 90s

Rating: 1/10 (4 November 2000)

This movie is a well crafted, exciting, and ultimately thoughtless piece of propaganda, like "Potemkin", "Triumph of the Will" or "Birth of a Nation". It advances certain ideas (that we are all slaves to "consumerism" and have no choice but to buy products advertised to us, which we must revolt against by beating people up and exploding buildings), and argues them with images rather then words. In historical context, it will be seen alongside the WTO and IMF riots and the rise of the Green Party. Like most propaganda, a closer inspection will reveal how full of hypocrisy it is - notice all the product placements.