Friday, October 24, 2014
To death do us part
Today's film takes the computer fantasy to new heights.
Johnny Depp is not a mad scientist, only a dead one. It is just that his brain, which has been computerized, has ideas of its own.
I liked the movie and actually suspended disbelief long enough to get swept away in a story that doesn't translate very well to the plod of word smithing.
Suffice to say that Mr. Depp looks is aging gracefully. Handsome, fit and very compelling in a role that has him more than half the time on a video outlet of his human intelligence program. Hard to pull off but he does it. Handily.
Morgan Freeman plays Morgan Freeman once again, not a bad thing. Kate Mara, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Cillian Murphy and Paul Bettany fill out a top rate cast. In fact, I am sure that it is the cast that makes the film work so well. Everyone is very earnest. This is essential especially in sci-fi.
Once is enough for this film but it is still a pretty good ride.
That makes it a 3 out of Netflix5.
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