Extremely tight. Story as good as effects.

Rating: 9/10 (7 April 1999)

Traditionally in Hollywood, big budget effects movies' story lines tend to suck inversely proportionally to the quality of the effects, with a few notable exceptions. We are told by the big wigs, that we are too stupid to get it, and must be spoon fed what a movie is trying to say. Here is a film that breaks the mold thoroughly. The story line is very taught and well developed, (kinda the greatest story ever told meets dark city meets hackers)and the effects are a tool to further the telling of the story. In this kind of movie clearly fancy effects are required, but we are left to use our brains to figure out what is going on and what its implications are to us. I for one will have to see it at least twice to get all the stuff that ties together. Kudos to the directors on making us think! :)