Awful!

Rating: 1/10 (23 March 2006)

Terrible, terrible, terrible film.
A plot that betrays an amateurish understanding of narrative, with zero suspense, populated by uncharismatic, barely audible characters spouting some of the most inane dialogue ever put into the mouths of actors, all against a dull background of generic production design. The films ultimate sin, however, is being so boring that I was studying the design of the theatre light fixtures for most of the second half.
If you're going to present the destruction of a fascist dictatorship, you have to show us why that dictatorship is so bad. People sitting around watching TV, and politicians talking to giant screens is hardly an Orwellian vision of a nightmare society.
Not every action, whatever its size or significance, needs to be accompanied by a five-minute monologue. We are not idiots. We get it with a silent look. We get it with a single word. Stop preaching.
Oh, I really can't be bothered - A truly dull and worthless film that should be avoided at all costs.