Betters the Matrix in every way for modern science fiction

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2000)

This film caught me completely by surprise last year, i went to see it because my parents were going and i thought i might as well as i had nothing better to do. What i saw from the first moment up until the last was wonderful, Pi was the only film i had seen a the cinema twice. Complex and almost fit inducing (with all the flashing lights) Pi was actually quite easy to follow. This film is true science fiction - not just an elaborate fairy tale set in space or some war film (also set in space). This is sci fi for the brain, not sci fi for the popcorn and hot-dog fraternity. It may be full of number patterns and maths but you don't have to be a genius to consider it in such a way (my simple friend loved it and she isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer). Watch it, buy it, do whatever you can to see it - this film is magnificent, so all those that went on about the Matrix last year will finally be able to see what can be done with a small budget and big ideas (rather than a budget so big that the ideas aren't explored enough). PI PI PI PI PI.....sorry i loved it so much that i keep having to say the words. I wrote an essay for my film course about the use of sound in the film and got an A, i'm not the best of students but it brought out the best in me.
Fans of The Matrix should love it, though i hated that film (but only because i loved this one so much) and fans of dark comic books would probably get a thrill from it as well. Apparently the director may be directing the new Batman film, that is a very exciting prospect....as long as it remains in black and white.