I'm thinking The Island

Rating: 4/10 (25 March 2006)

I really wanted to like this movie. An anarchist blowing up buildings ruled under a corrupt Govt. What more could you ask for? What I got was a man in a goofy looking mask, philosophizing pretentious notions and quotes from Shakespeare in a juvenile plot structured in a laborious fashion that you sludge through the tedium until the obvious end.
Now granted, there were a few cool scenes. One being the recollection of a nurse involved in the extermination of a group of what the Govt. considered undesirable people. And the explosions... yeah ... they look good on a big screen.
But, what I came here for was a good story. This movie tries to throw serious subject matter of a Govt. killing there own citizens for control by fear. The Govt. officials also make a killing on antibiotics they sell to citizens trying to save their lives from the avian flu that was purposely released.
The problem with the story is it goes off on lunatic tangents of inconsequential story lines that are treated in the utmost ridiculous fashion. A Catholic priest about to molest a dolled up Natalie Portman for example? The movie is based on a comic book, so I am not asking for a serious drama. But this film wants to be both drama and action. Unfortunately the action scenes consist of nothing more than the character V standing in a circle of thugs, then killing them with knives. When you compare the excellent Batman Begins, you will be sorely disappointed of this film that claims to offer serious melding of drama in a dark comic world. This film seems to be on par with Michael Bay's the Island, but worse.