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Rarely comes along something so wooden, charmless and derivative. Why they would waste hour after hour insisting that all zooey dechanel has to do is look wide-eyed rather than a single modemt of acting is completely beyond forgiveness. The little story offered is trite and beyond done to death. Utterly confusing why an otherwise half decent cast would associate themselves with this project, as frankly they're all wasted. A lack of story, no script and z grade special effects were never going to save this mess of an 'adaptation' - why they bothered to make this at all is beyond understanding, or explanation. Just hated it.

The pretentious overly dramatic narration aside, this is a very worthy documentary about new order at their height in the 90s. Probably the best documentary about the band... why did they need to involve bono? Hmm.

This movie could have been SO much better than it was. The director shows no skill at all, and seemed to want to make a film that went for 90 minutes (the whole thing was just rushed through), rather than a film worth watching - that said, it was saved by an interesting story, and 'some' decent casting.

The story development suffered from a total lack of background, and detail, and a whole lot of basic 80's cheesiness... a remake now would probably be too late - if only they'd gotten it right the first time! Very much a wasted opportunity.

7/10 (for Stephen King's writing, and 'some' memorable scenes. Thanks Isaac!)