If you like either science fiction, or serious action movies, then you'll like this one.
Every once in a decade there's a movie made that does not catch the eye of the Academy Award judges, but which will have a lasting influence on how, and what, movies are made in the following ten years.
This movie started out as "just another action flick". Turns out that they got it right, in so many things. It's almost as what happened to the Terminator, which started out as a B (or actually a C) movie. And we all know what then happened.
While this movie is not science fiction as such, anyone who likes to watch science fiction will want to see it. And anyone who likes action movies (with or without a message, be it political, social or philosophical) will like this one.
What is similar to the Terminator (I), is the economy of story telling. Every 15-second scene tells you something that the average movie would spend 5 minutes on. All crap, slack, and non-essential stuff is cut out. What is left, is just the action, the background, the socio/political background/issues of our time, and what is needed to carry the story forward.
I could go on and on, but suffice it to say, this is one excellent way to spend your Friday or Saturday night.
Every once in a decade there's a movie made that does not catch the eye of the Academy Award judges, but which will have a lasting influence on how, and what, movies are made in the following ten years.
This movie started out as "just another action flick". Turns out that they got it right, in so many things. It's almost as what happened to the Terminator, which started out as a B (or actually a C) movie. And we all know what then happened.
While this movie is not science fiction as such, anyone who likes to watch science fiction will want to see it. And anyone who likes action movies (with or without a message, be it political, social or philosophical) will like this one.
What is similar to the Terminator (I), is the economy of story telling. Every 15-second scene tells you something that the average movie would spend 5 minutes on. All crap, slack, and non-essential stuff is cut out. What is left, is just the action, the background, the socio/political background/issues of our time, and what is needed to carry the story forward.
I could go on and on, but suffice it to say, this is one excellent way to spend your Friday or Saturday night.
