What the???

Rating: 7/10 (31 December 2002)

Poor, poor story. Sure it's contrived. It's science-fiction. But, this story doesn't even seem to follow the rules it creates for itself. Tom Cruise's dilemma is fabricated in a way that simply doesn't work. The climactic scene where the real bad-guy is revealed is pulled out of thin air through an opportune method that isn't even mentioned throughout the entire first 95% of the movie. The plot holes are ridiculous and unforgivable, at times. Then, the basic premise of the story, the idea of "How far will society go to protect itself?"... More crap about free-will and the idea of the power of one person over the majority and blah, blah, blah. And, why did they have to date the movie? Why "2054"? What's the point of that? It's going to suffer the same fate as every other science-fiction movie with a definite date attached to it. We should be traveling to Jupiter by now according to Hollywood. We're going to be replacing our eyes for the fun of it in 50 years? Yeah, it shouldn't be taken so seriously, but it's no more than a weak storyline/vehicle for more super-slick special effects. More empty and boring crap for the masses.