Not up to his usual standard

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2004)

I've just seen this movie. I thought it was interesting - good metaphor etc. A couple of things I didn't like: I didn't care strongly about the key characters - not sure if that was the acting, casting or script. The other was the poor use of exposition. Without giving too much away I thought the movie's "faults" were down to the fact that one man wrote/directed/produced it. It just needed someone to say "that exposition is a bit too obvious - and there's a bit of a plot hole over here". I think the concept was good - I just don't think it was executed very well...nothing a good script editor couldn't have fixed... But I just can't look at Adrian Brodie (or whatever his name is) without seeing Alistair McGowan - kept expecting him to break into a David Beckham impersonation!