A thought provoking artwork

Rating: 10/10 (14 November 2006)

I have just watched this film and thoroughly enjoyed it on at least 3 levels.
Firstly it was a piece of work of the high standard that I have come to expect from the Wachowski brothers. The moody lighting the grand scale of some of the shots the ability to you actually feel some of the oppression leaking out of the screen these are things that I know and expect from this pair. The last action scene is Matrix-esquire (new word? I copy write it if it is lol) but that suits me fine it was very well executed.
Secondly: Within the context of the film you can feel some affinity for the people who have suffered under this regime I found myself drawn into their lives and sympathising with their plight.
Lastly: Is really down to the fortuitous timing of this film. In a U.K. in which we are the most surveilled people in the world already, where Hate crime is on the increase and intolerance is beginning to be almost promoted by a population who are scared and feel they have no voice it is easy to see how this population might sell freedoms in exchange for 'security'.... but at what price? This film is a wonderful comment on the world that is.