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Astonishing salute to the Saturday morning cinema's sci-fi thrillers of the 1940s and 50s, such as Buck Rogers. The computer-generated scenes - complete with airships and giant military robots - are often amazing and it's a shame that the stars (Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie)don't seem to take the movie as seriously as the computer boffins. But it's still worth a look on a wet Sunday afternoon.
A VERY WELL PRICED DVD,I ACTUALLY MADE A MISTAKE WHEN I PURCHASED THIS BY NOT READING THE LISTING PROPERLY, I THOUGHT I WAS BYING THE PSP UMD MOVIE OF THIS FILM. SO THAT IS A GOOD LESSON FOR EVERYONE READ THE LISTING PROPERLY. BUT THE DVD IS STILL GOOD AND GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY FOR A BRAND NEW SEALED DVD THANKYOU FROM DEAN
An homage to the classic sf serials of a bygone era (even down to being filmed in washed-out colour), the acting doesn't convince but the special (cgi)effects are compelling - as is the dark storyline. A bizzare twist is the casting of the dead english actor Laurence Olivier in the role of the villain.
What's with all this hollywood malarky... And why, if you're making a kids movie, does it seem to be acceptable to completely forget about the need to 'act'. I thought Jude Law (who i usually rate) was pretty bland,- he just didn't convince me for a second... Angelina Jolie (who i *adore*) was equally tragic, not giving a toss about reading her lines with any kind of conviction... Then there's Gwyneth... who, in general, i can't frickin stand... only on this occasion she (sometimes) pulls it off... i think if the rest of the cast had been on the same wavelength as Paltrow, then this film coulda stood a chance... But, they weren't, and it doesn't. Yet another tragic waste of millions of movie-making dollars.
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