Chronic

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2003)

An interesting story, for which credit goes to Mr Dick, but the main flaw for me was the running time. It just seemed to go on and on. And on. And at times it just looked a little too contrived, as if the production designers wanted to fit in too much gimmickry. I can't see Cruise and co 'conducting' images by waving their hands all over the place, and waiting for wooden balls to be etched, when the same effect could have been achieved more efficiently by a mouse and a monitor. That may sound trivial, but the need for speed is clearly demonstrated in the opening sequence where a crime of passion is prevented by a mere second.
That said, it isn't too bad on the whole - it should have been much better though, given the heavyweight talented involved.