The premise of this new film, by Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola, is a brilliant one, Naomi Rapace is as great as ever, and the overall execution is really good. If only the plot had been able to keep up.
It seems to me Wirkola asks us not to take it all too seriously, and just enjoy the ride and I was almost able to, because it's a pretty fun one. The problem is, in my humble opinion at least, a film like this, a premise like this, a plot like this, SHOULD take itself seriously. "What Happened to Monday" starts out as a techno-thriller, and I wish it would have stayed as such, but it soon divulges into mindless action. This is forgivable, even admirable, if the plot is able to support it, but in this case it isn't, and thus the movie quite quickly falls apart.
In a thriller, even a sci-fi thriller, one can only indulge so many plot holes, and in this one they are too frequent and too huge, and Wirkola doesn't seem to care. He seems to want to get ridiculous, to revel in his action and his violence, but I would say that, in that case, he should have made a different movie.
As for the plot holes, I won't spoil anything, because this is a good film, I just feel like it could have been a great one!
It seems to me Wirkola asks us not to take it all too seriously, and just enjoy the ride and I was almost able to, because it's a pretty fun one. The problem is, in my humble opinion at least, a film like this, a premise like this, a plot like this, SHOULD take itself seriously. "What Happened to Monday" starts out as a techno-thriller, and I wish it would have stayed as such, but it soon divulges into mindless action. This is forgivable, even admirable, if the plot is able to support it, but in this case it isn't, and thus the movie quite quickly falls apart.
In a thriller, even a sci-fi thriller, one can only indulge so many plot holes, and in this one they are too frequent and too huge, and Wirkola doesn't seem to care. He seems to want to get ridiculous, to revel in his action and his violence, but I would say that, in that case, he should have made a different movie.
As for the plot holes, I won't spoil anything, because this is a good film, I just feel like it could have been a great one!
