Riveting sci-fi masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (23 August 2014)

I've seen this movie twice now, and I loved it both times. As a long-time science fiction fan, I particularly enjoy idea-driven sci fi that crosses over into philosophy or psychology, and provides a different, unusual angle about important topics.
This movie does not only that, but it is also well acted, well written, fast paced, snappy international, intelligent and unpredictable. It certainly keeps you on the edge of your seat. This movie has the same appeal to me as Blade Runner or 2001 or Close Encounters. Yes, it's that good.
I enjoyed the cinematography, the music, the various freaky visual treats (eg the changing eyes, the cellular dissolution, the space images, the advanced computer, and much more.) This is a movie that showed me things I have not seen on film before. It enflamed my imagination.
Scarlett is amazing in this movie. Her fear at the start was almost difficult to watch. I was moved when she said goodbye to her mother so profoundly. Her anguish on the plane felt shockingly real. I'm not a Morgan Freeman fan (because I feel he is overexposed), but he was good in this one, too. I also loved the look in Waked's eyes as his hard-cop-who-has-seen-everything witnesses the impossible. Great acting.
The theme has been done before, but this take on it was new and well executed. Is the main premise scientifically accurate? No. Was the philosophizing over-the-top hogwash? Probably. But is it possible to suspend disbelief and go along with it? Yes. The movie has a certain profundity and WTF factor.
Am I right in thinking that both this movie and Gravity (another incredibly good recent picture) were not made in Hollywood? Or even America?
This movie is bursting with action, but it is so much better than the superhero action movies Hollywood keeps spitting out lately. This is the kind of movie I dream of seeing when I'm sitting through yet another tedious Batman or Captain America movie.
This movie attracts a proportionately high number of "haters", i.e. reviewers who downvote good reviews and write reviews rubbishing it. Not sure why this movie is attracting that kind of negativity. It might explain the ridiculous 6.6 score on IMDb currently.
This is my second attempt to post this review. The first review ended up being score-bombed by 15 negative voters in one day. Not sure how or why something like that happens. My review was on the first page and after that it ended up on page 15 or something. All this raises serious doubts in me about the accuracy of the IMDb scoring system.
Unusually, I find myself amongst the outlier group that strangely rates a movie 10 when everyone else is on the bell curve. OK, I suppose I can't give it a 10 because it does have a few minor issues. There are (spectacular) car chases and (too many) shoot outs. There is violence and a bit of gore too, but it wasn't graphic enough to make me queasy.
I think this film is going to be a cult classic. Movie world, please make more movies like this.