Now this movie is just brilliant. It is exactly the type of movie that I just love. There so much happening in the background and you are never sure what really is happening. The theme of this movie is "the truth will set you free", but what really is the truth. The movie leads you to believe one thing and then confronts you with something that destroys everything the you had built up, only to knock this down as well.
What really is true? You will never know. You follow the main character through out the movie – and this character really knows a lot. On the outside he appears to be a nut with all of these conspiracy theories but then a layer is pealed off to reveal a little more about this character. What does this character really know? Who is he – well the movie may tell you, or it may not.
You know who the bad guy is, or is he really the bad guy. The only certainty is Julia Roberts' character. She seems to be legit, or is she. Yes I am being ambiguous for this is the whole aspect of this movie. Ambiguity reigns and as you dig deeper in to look for the truth, the more questions that are raised.
As such this movie is brilliant. It is in the similar vein to the Usual Suspects. It creates a story only to tear it down and leaving you wondering what happened. It is the ultimate conspiracy theory. The conspiracies that Mel Gibson's character brings out seem to be ultimately wild – yet they do seem to make sense.
Mel Gibson's character is brilliant. He is like a child with huge amounts of knowledge. At first is appears to be a simple cab driver with a tonne of wild ideas; and then the layers of his character begin to be peeled off. What does he really know? The character doesn't know the answer to this question. One thing that is very definite is that he really brings out patterns. He can see a pattern in almost everything and the patterns he pulls out really makes one think – are these really conspiracies.
One brilliant aspect of the movie are the little tricks and gadgets that are used. They do not dominate the movie; but they are there to show us how intelligent this character really is. The Firewall and the Beer Bomb are two examples. The beer bomb is where a bottle is balanced on the door knob and when the knob is turn the bottle breaks. The firewall is a much more brilliant thing for it will utterly destroy the apartment without damaging anything else. If it is brilliant and clever tricks that you are looking for then this is a movie to see.
Patrick Stewart plays the bad guy – or is he a bad guy. Stewart is a brilliant actor; unfortunately his seven year stint in Star Trek has dulled his edge. When I see Stewart on the screen I immediately think of Captain Picard. This, to me, can really destroy a really good actor. Mel Gibson is seen as Mel Gibson; Julia Roberts is seen as Julia Roberts; but one cannot help seeing Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-luc Picard. There was one gripe I had with the movie, but I cannot tell you because if I did it would spoil it. It is one the really would have made it absolutely brilliant; but in a fallen world nothing is brilliant.
Remember the words of the movie – "the truth will set you free."
What really is true? You will never know. You follow the main character through out the movie – and this character really knows a lot. On the outside he appears to be a nut with all of these conspiracy theories but then a layer is pealed off to reveal a little more about this character. What does this character really know? Who is he – well the movie may tell you, or it may not.
You know who the bad guy is, or is he really the bad guy. The only certainty is Julia Roberts' character. She seems to be legit, or is she. Yes I am being ambiguous for this is the whole aspect of this movie. Ambiguity reigns and as you dig deeper in to look for the truth, the more questions that are raised.
As such this movie is brilliant. It is in the similar vein to the Usual Suspects. It creates a story only to tear it down and leaving you wondering what happened. It is the ultimate conspiracy theory. The conspiracies that Mel Gibson's character brings out seem to be ultimately wild – yet they do seem to make sense.
Mel Gibson's character is brilliant. He is like a child with huge amounts of knowledge. At first is appears to be a simple cab driver with a tonne of wild ideas; and then the layers of his character begin to be peeled off. What does he really know? The character doesn't know the answer to this question. One thing that is very definite is that he really brings out patterns. He can see a pattern in almost everything and the patterns he pulls out really makes one think – are these really conspiracies.
One brilliant aspect of the movie are the little tricks and gadgets that are used. They do not dominate the movie; but they are there to show us how intelligent this character really is. The Firewall and the Beer Bomb are two examples. The beer bomb is where a bottle is balanced on the door knob and when the knob is turn the bottle breaks. The firewall is a much more brilliant thing for it will utterly destroy the apartment without damaging anything else. If it is brilliant and clever tricks that you are looking for then this is a movie to see.
Patrick Stewart plays the bad guy – or is he a bad guy. Stewart is a brilliant actor; unfortunately his seven year stint in Star Trek has dulled his edge. When I see Stewart on the screen I immediately think of Captain Picard. This, to me, can really destroy a really good actor. Mel Gibson is seen as Mel Gibson; Julia Roberts is seen as Julia Roberts; but one cannot help seeing Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-luc Picard. There was one gripe I had with the movie, but I cannot tell you because if I did it would spoil it. It is one the really would have made it absolutely brilliant; but in a fallen world nothing is brilliant.
Remember the words of the movie – "the truth will set you free."