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Posted by: Mart!n 6th March 2017, 08:50 PM

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This really looks good and the visual images look stunning, I love a good sci-fi thriller starring Scarlett Johansson, saw the trailer today

Posted by: Severin 6th March 2017, 10:36 PM

Yeah, I'm looking forward to this but I agree with others that the casting of Johansson is both depressingly understandable and also just plan depressing.

Posted by: Josh. 15th March 2017, 10:28 PM

Before the Free Fire Unlimited Screening tonight, we got a 10 minute 3D preview of this and I'm really quite hyped now. The visuals look AMAZING and I love Scarlett Johansson in action movies (I loved Lucy and she's one of the best things about The Avengers too for me!!), really hoping this'll be good.

Posted by: J♀sh 1st April 2017, 10:09 AM

Can't deny that I was a little disappointed with this, it was one of my more hyped blockbusters of early Summer but has ended up probably being my least favourite. It was still decent, I liked the interesting ideas about robotics and humanity that it brought forward, ScarJo was likable in the lead role as usual (although, the white-washing was even more unusual seeing as they gave her an actual Asian mother ) and Pilou Asbæk was very good too in this (a new discovery for me as I've never really taken notice of him, his cool eyes things were wicked!!), and the effects were stunning, the city looked phenomenal every time it was in the shot with all the holograms and highways etc. However, it was all just a little predictable meaning it felt like a little bit of a drag to sit through, I'd have liked a bit more action because that was really cool (I liked the water action sequence especially) but we hardly got much of it. Overall, I did enjoy it but would've liked it to be a bit more exciting!

Posted by: popchartfreak 5th April 2017, 03:50 PM

Imagine Blade Runner crossed with Judge Dredd....

Now imagine a beautifully imaged updated version with a great lead actor....

Now imagine being largely bored and meh about the characters.

5/10

Posted by: Iz~ 29th August 2017, 07:44 PM

I realise this isn't a new opinion and has little to do with the 2017 film, as I still haven't seen it and don't really have an interest in it, but I finally watched the original 1995 version of this today and I was STRUCK. There are few more powerful dystopias than that for the concepts of self, the march of technology, it all still holds up, and I'm finally getting where the Matrix got so many of its ideas from.