Hey kids! Shelly here!

Wow. Simply wow. Well paced, great characters, great story. Go see this movie. It was a great way to start out 2007 movie reviews.

CoM is what a dystopia-themed movie set in England is suppose to look like: dirty, crowded, sad long faces amongst the gray of Tottenham Court Road, jack-booted police waving electroshock wands and “Report Them!” video announcements in grotty public transport. Toss in a sprinkle of speculative new technology and the whole thing looks plausible. Take note, V for Vendetta art department. Without the grime and rust, you just don’t get a sense of human despair. All the while, this movie never talked down to you about why the world has become infertile, it just mixed hope and dread so well that it was like a water gun fight on a hot summer’s day.

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At one point I thought to myself: Hey! I’m liking Michael Cane’s performance here! And if you can get me pass that feeling midway through the movie, then the movie is doing a great job. Then they shot him. Damn it!
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I give this one 4.75 shells out of 5.

And if you land lubbers want to walk down memory lane (as you’re wont to do at the end of a year), here is a quick link to my reviews over 2006. Enjoy!