"Ignorance is Bliss"

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2012)

Ultra-stylish Techno-Noir classic that is broad on concept and design and creates a novel realm of realism vs cerebral creation. This is groundbreaking visual stuff and is backed by extraordinary electronic/metal music and really cool sets.
It is a visual and literal "Rage Against the Machine" that is fully realized in its display of a deadpan humor and dead-on violence. This was the ride of the decade and brought a new look to the new millennium.
It's not without some flaws and faults, mainly that the matrix is so complex and complicated that its own concept had to be "bent and broken" to allow for some of the story to translate to an acceptable theatrical experience. At least to its targeted mainstream audience. In the hands of a quirky and edgy Director it could have been done with more "in house logic", but then it would be quite a different experience.
The whole concept of a Messiah and "The One" is kind of elementary in an extreme exploitation such as this but that only drops it a notch from the best of Sci-Fi and does nothing to hold this exhilarating experience back from being quite entertaining, if on a lesser level.