Watch the original François Truffaut "Fahrenheit 451" (1966) instead. This is an under budget, dreary remake. The original has better acting (no black moodiness), and is well lit - instead of - "We can't afford much, so let's light it in the dark" - even in the daytime. Fascism had more of an impact in the original movie because everything was portrayed as a normal lifestyle, as opposed to this movie that hits you over the head with it's portrayal as <queue melodrama theme> "Dum, dum, dum!" something's not right.
Just the clue of the blurb on the cover referring to "The Matrix" is enough of a hint to avoid this. I give SF movies a chance on the hope that my selection will show up on the Hollywood RADAR as something I want to see as a genre, not as an excuse for them to keep producing re-hashed schlock like this. It was another example of not having a budget - no pictures of slow motion dodging because, again, they didn't light the scene - just muzzle flashes in the dark.
So far for me Christian Bale is a hit and miss actor. This is one of his misses. View "American Hustle" for one of his hits.
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