Yes, some sci fi is truly ridiculous - but those with a great narrative and unique perspective are worth a look. And the other great thing about the smaller budget sci fi films is that studios haven't put their oar in and ruined original concepts!
Okay, with this one I'm a little biased as Christian Bale can simply do not wrong in my mind. This is part Matrix, part Dark City, part Gattaca... Plus jujitsu with guns! You may think the hardest thing an actor does is act to a green screen or laugh or cry on cue. It isn't. The hardest thing an actor does is being completely without emotion and yet remain charismatic. This is something Bale is extraordinary at. It's easy to be charismatic when you're character is written as charming and friendly. Not so here...
PLOT: In the facist future, the solution to stopping wars is to chemically suppress the very feelings that supposedly begin them and outlawing emotional stimuli. These laws are absolute and brutally enforced by the Grammaton. But they're most devoted cleric has just skipped a dose...
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Kurt Wimmer (Salt, Law Abiding Citizen, The Recruit)
CAST: Christian Bale (Public Enemies, Terminator Salvation, The Dark Knight), Taye Diggs (Chicago), Emily Watson (Gosford Park, Angela's Ashes), Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief), William Fichtner (Armageddon, "Prison Break", Contact), Angus MacFadyen (Braveheart)
The first time I watched this, I got to the credits and watched it again. When I bought the dvd, I watched ALL the special features and commentaries in one sitting!! This was filmed here in Australia and includes many locals in the cast.
PLOT: After crash landing on a deserted and scorching planetary body, the survivors discover that there is something worse than its 3 suns... sunset. For the pitch black darkness has awakened an malevolent swarm.
CAST: Vin Diesel (XXX, The Fast & The Furious), Radha Mitchell (Rogue, Man on Fire)
BOTH LOCATED IN: Sci-fi
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