Over and under

Rating: 6/10 (6 April 2006)

7 for the the idea 5 for execution, 6 for acting
the story is strong on ideas. but the film seems not to trust the story. where there are moments that ,IMHO, could be slow down a bit more, be more gentle, be more still, it didn't happened.
instead there are always quick edits, constant flash backs ... is the movie trying to make up for the anticipation of action sequence that would attract the Matrix fans?
and the acting seems out of balanced - that of Hurt, Portman and Weaving. And the action sequence near is kind of doing it's own sequel to the Matrix?
*new* I watched this again and found what this truly lacks is the cinematic. The shot framing are not very inspiring, the story just moves along. The jail sequence is touching but done in a very simple way. Too simple when in fact that is the turning point.
So I stand by my rating of 6. A good idea wasted on execution. Sort of the opposite of Watchmen.. good idea on good (but not excellent) execution.
*end of new*