Go To the Movies!

It's not often that I talk about stuff going on outside of the store, other then Battlestar, but this was the best movie I've seen in a while. Now you all know my love of all things post-apocalypse, but boy do I love myself some dystopian futures as well. Actually, according to my web sources, this would be a anti-utopia, not a dystopia. A dystopia does not pretend to be good, while an anti-utopia has been perverted.

Any-who, if you look at the poster I have so kindly acquired for you, you pretty much get the drift of the story. No kids, anywhere. No possibility for kids. The entire world has gone to war with each other, and many cities, even whole countries, have been wiped off the face of the map. Except for Britain of course. Britain will always march on, didn't you know? After sealing their borders, Britain has become acutely aware of it's resources and their problems. As one of the only countries with a still functioning government, they have become a refuge for people from all over the globe. This in turn spurns a very large, government backed anti-refugee movement. In the opening minutes of the world you see the great juxtaposition of native Britons crying over Diego, the youngest human on the planet being knifed outside of a club half a world away, while walking by cages of illegal immigrants outside of the train stops. Just fantastic writing here!

The camera work is all hand held, which is not usually my kind of thing, but in this movie it really works well. It does give you the feeling of being there much more then in most cases where its used. The acting is also superb, Clive Owen is brilliant, as is Michael Caine(my favorite acting of the whole cast), but its the supporting characters who make this movie. So many that you only see for a couple of minutes, but they just sell their roles so completely. Well, thats about all I have to say, more then I was planning to anyway. But run out and see it as quick as you can!

PS. Don't bother staying, there's nothing at the end of the credits, I checked. How un-British of them.

-Dan