Fantastic

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2011)

I was first told of this film by my brother. I was very intrigued by the concept and after finding Justin Timberlake is the protagonist, I was sold, based on his heart-wrenching performance in Alpha Dog. I went in to the theatre with expectations of a "good watch", I wasn't at all prepared for how epic the films was due to the fact I had not seen a single trailer or TV spot for it. Timberlake and Seyfried are a great team and Cillian Murphy is as gloriously stone-hearted as ever. It's a very surreal world, given that everyone in the movie looks 25 or under and you are really pulled into it. The sympathy I felt for these people in the 'ghetto' who had to borrow minutes of a friend's time just to stay alive long enough to get paid was massive. Without babbling on, I'll leave you with the notion that the film has a similar atmospheric feel to Inception. Enjoy!