Very disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (19 March 2006)

Five minutes into the movie you know it's not good. Your attention easily drifts from the screen: the production values are weaker than most US TV shows, the casting is poor, the script is over wordy and there are ridiculous plot inconsistencies, a primary character wears a mask ..... and the explosive ending is given away by the trailer. That said, the ending is the best part of an otherwise forgettable fiasco. A large chunk of the script is given over to an anarchist wearing a Fawkes mask, who singlehandedly plans the destruction of the high tech government of a totalitarian, manipulative, surveillance ridden, future UK. Another chunk of script is given to his pursuer, a policeman played unconvincingly by Stephen Rea. One plot point involves a renegade TV host departing from script to lampoon the totalitarian government - we are expected to believe that such a hi-tech 'eyes and ears' government would wait until after the show had aired in it's entirety before taking action against the TV host. Generally, the filmmakers over teach and end up siding with the anarchists.