Glorified MTV

Rating: 1/10 (3 June 2000)

Hokum. This movie is teen-angst drivel rigged up with fancy visuals and a snazzy soundtrack. Want the same effect but a better buzz? Go to any techno club. The cast of characters promises to be more interesting, and even spazzed out on E they'll have more insights than this imposter. Poor professor Sol delivers his lines beautifully, even the most embarrassing (keep an ear out for the gem about a computer being programmed into self-knowledge; dude... heavy!), and for that he deserves accolades. Alas, the accolades end there. The existential finding this movie trumpets can be summed up in one sentence, but I won't do that; I will be considerate, just in case you enjoy being beaten over the head many, many times (as many as fit into a frenetic yet curiously stultifying hour and a half) with a single concept.