An average movie

Even though I heard only bad things about this flick, since I have weak spot for Charlize Theron, I still wanted to check it out. First of all, following her Oscar winning turn in 'Monster', Charlize Theron chose to do something completely different and she should be praised for that. And indeed, this flick really had some potential. There was a great cast (Charlize Theron , Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Frances McDormand, Pete Postlethwaite) and they managed to create a rather fascinating world but still, the whole thing didn't work. The biggest issue was that the plot was so generic and disposable, it made the whole thing rather boring to watch. I think their big mistake was that they tried too much to rationalize this futuristic world. Indeed, that was just one of the qualities of the original MTV cartoon : the cloak of mystery surrounding this fascinating world. After removing it, it made even less sense and the whole thing became rather ridiculous and pointless. Anyway, to conclude, I have seen worse movies, there were even some good stuff here but, eventually, it remains a disappointing flick and it is not really worth a look.

5/10