Equilibrium did it much better.

Rating: 5/10 (6 May 2006)

This movie is transparent simplified movie logic wrapped around mainly Equilibrium with a little bit of Zorro tied in. With all the great guts carved out and replaced with thinly-vield bombastic allegories and metaphors comparing the current administration to Nazi Germany. I do consider myself to be pretty solidly 'left field' politically--and who dosen't hate Bush, but wow... what brazen left wing propagandistic popcorn. I think a little bit of discretion and couth were definitely in order.
The movie offers nothing new or original, except an extremely thinly veiled jab at the current administration and the direction its heading, dumbed down with 1 dimensional action hero movie logic and the tired old fight-the-power futuristic anti-totalitarian theme.
Also, you can't make honest real world allegories while villainifying your subject to the point of ludicrousness.
I had heard great things about this movie but watching it has left me scratching my head.