Very much The Matrix meets 1984. Instead of thought crime, there is sense crime.... all emotion is banned, and suppressed with drugs. Going off your drugs is a crime with only one penalty: you get burned alive.
Good times.
I thought it was pretty well done, but the ending is sort of predictable... I wonder if I would have seen it coming in 2002, though. Don't know.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Rumour has it this role pretty much landed him the Batman gig.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
In a Fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
I cannot conceive of how this movie ended up on my "to watch" list. I cannot conceive of who even thought making this movie was a good idea. I cannot conceive of how anyone gave this movie a good rating.
This is the worst movie I've seen in a long, long time.
I found this trivia:
Two different actresses played Preston's wife. The "condemnation archive footage" was filmed first, and featured Alexa Summer. However, when it was time to film the scene where she was arrested, she could not be found. Maria Pia Calzone had to take her place. As a result, there's two separate credits, Summer is credited as "Viviana Preston", while Maria Pia Calzone was credited as "Preston's Wife", even though they are supposed to be the same character
I can only imagine that Alexa Summer realized what an utter piece of shit this movie was, and didn't want to be associated with it any more.
The directory is AWFUL. The cinematography is AWFUL. Wow, it's like some movie school grad was given a camera and he has to show HOW. IMPACT. FUL. EVERY. SCENE. AND. MOVEMENT. IS.
1.5/5 - And I'm not even sure where that 1.5 comes from.
The movie cost $20 million to make, and grossed $1.2 million domestic. Those people lost 2 hours of their lives to this piece of shit, and paid for it.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Very much The Matrix meets 1984. Instead of thought crime, there is sense crime.... all emotion is banned, and suppressed with drugs. Going off your drugs is a crime with only one penalty: you get burned alive.
Good times.
I thought it was pretty well done, but the ending is sort of predictable... I wonder if I would have seen it coming in 2002, though. Don't know.
Seriously, people have to watch this movie. The whole premise of the cleric's fighting style is completely retarded. It's like a really shitty version of the Matrix.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I didn't find this flick without entertainment value.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."