Product Placement and the usual disappointments.

Rating: 6/10 (31 August 2004)

After seeing this movie i burnt my Converse trainers, sold my Audi and trashed my JVC hi-fi. It was nearly a very good movie but as usual turned out to be the usual Hollywood bullshit. It's the usual story of commerce over art, the BigMac of the movies. I'm so sick of potentially good work being packaged into easily digestible portioned and force-fed to the 12A masses. Sure, the effects were impressive but where was the involvement? Will Smith is a competent actor but i never felt he was vulnerable or in any danger he couldn't have got out of. This film was mildly entertaining but added nothing new to the sci-fi genre. Where are the Blade Runners of today? They should have got Chris Cunningham to direct it on a shoestring budget.