A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. I have to admit that I knew so little about the movie before watching it that I didn’t even know that it was taking place in the future but since I have a weak spot for such SF movies, it was a nice surprise. Eventually, even if it was maybe nothing really original, I have to admit that I turned out to actually fairly entertaining after all. Indeed, by now, I have seen my share of slick futuristic features but it looked decent enough. And it was pretty much the same concerning this cybernetic upgrades, it was nothing really new but it didn’t bother me. Concerning Lorgan Marshall-Green, I have nothing against the guy but he always seemed to be some kind of cheap version of Tom Hardy. The comparison with Hardy gets even weirder when his new best friend in this movie turned out to be some kind of polite high-tech version of Venom. Anyway, in spite of my silly grudge against Marshall-Green, I have to admit that he was actually pretty good here. Indeed, he pretty much carried the whole thing on his shoulders and he was always quite convincing. Concerning the story itself, I wish that the whole attack at the beginning would have been random because the twist at the end was actually fairly predictable. However, I have to admit that it didn’t except such a seriously grim ending, Leigh Wannel definitely displayed some guts to end up this way and it was much appreciated. Anyway, to conclude, it turned out to to a really solid and entertaining B feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10