fasteddie517

IMO, a far cry from the original, a movie that I watched numerous times. At 2:20 it was at least 40 minutes too long. Oshea is almost twice as big as the first movie. Not sure he's working too hard to become a star. Interesting characters trying to prop up a wandering and marginal script. Butlers over the top persona was tolerable in the original because he was surrounded by more competent forces and characters. Not here. He just seems like a buffoon. 8.8 for original, 5 for this. And that is generous. Watchable. Not rewatchable.

Pluses: Cinematography, music, Evin, Nazmiya Minuses: Plot, Jackson, Butler, length.

Well, for starters, your "featured" review is from somebody who watched 2 episodes. Maybe you should revise your algorithm? For my part, this was the best series, bar none, that I have seen in the last 2 or 3 years. Ewen McGregor plays complicated, emotionally unsure character with a depth that I haven't seen in a lot of series. I can't think of a single character in this series, that I didn't think did a great job and was superbly cast. Everyone from the kitchen and hotel staff to his Russian keeper were characters of great emotional depth and play with great.skill. Also the story itself was intriguing interesting and even though the ending was left open to your imagination, I had no problem with that at all. I was shocked to see a 7.1 in IMDB. Oh well...

Welp... Thus shows what the power of hype and famous "producers" can do to create buzz where there deserves to be little or none.

The premise piques interest... is it an attack. One from within this world or without? Is there a goal? Occupation, submission, what? Is there an enemy, or has the infrastructure simply melted down?

The racial undertones were unnecessary and felt like pandering. The daughter of the homeowner was an unlikable brat.

Strong performances by Ali, Roberts and Hawke could not save this dystopian drivel. The "non-ending" didn't bother me as much as what I interpreted as its pretentious underpinnings. Yes I got it. No it wasn't clever. The narrative of our being slave to tech isn't new or compelling. Its just fact.