An average movie

Recently, Ben Affleck has made one of the most impressive come-backs and even won the Best Picture Academy award which is something that none of us actually expected. Well, 10 years ago, the situation was quite different for Affleck as he showed up in a string of huge flops and this movie was one of them. With this in mind, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but I still wanted to give it a shot. Eventually, I thought it was not bad at all. Indeed, to start with, it was based on a very fascinating story by Philip K. Dick (which I haven’t read, to be honest) and I thought the whole thing was quite entertaining. Indeed, I always had a weak spot for science-fiction features and this one was mixed with a rather tensed thriller so I don’t really get the hate towards the whole thing. All right, I have to admit it, it was still rather flawed. I mean, even though there was a nice cast (Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Michael C. Hall), the performances were not that great. Above all, even if Ben Affleck happens to be a fine director, he wasn’t really the best choice to portray a brilliant scientist. Concerning John Woo, he was obviously way other his head with this material and it was once again another underwhelming US feature for him. Still, in spite its flaws, I thought it was a fairly entertaining SF feature and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10