Nice mood piece, but really big plot holes.

Rating: Null/10 (12 February 2000)

This movie has a nice feel to it with the sleek stars, martial arts, distopian future with artificial intelligence overlords theme, and black leather and guns. Basically this is all it has, but it is enough to justify watching.
The main problem I have with this are the gaping plot holes. Firstly why are the robots keeping people alive. Oh sure they say something about harvesting body heat, but more energy would be expended daily in moving food (low energy fluid fuel) to people than could be extracted. Also if they are feeding dead people to the living people their energy source would shrink exponentially. These plot holes could have been easily avoided by not trying to explain anything and showing more Keanu Reeves running on the walls. LetÕs face it this film wasnÕt about plot and the makers probably expect us to equate vague with deep.
In terms of acting Keanu Reeves was actually not that bad. The role calls for him to look cool and be naive and a bit slow, which he is very good at. He is a pretty guy, shame he canÕt act. The other actors are the same. They adequately wear leather or sack cloth and look cool when necessary.
My final advice is to see this if you are drawn to the visual promotional material. DonÕt expect things to make sense or be coherent. This film has a sleek feel to it and an interesting mood, but thatÕs about all.