Great first half of the reveals were fantastic. But the second half seemed like one big chase scene that I found very uninteresting. Then I saw it was a Michael bay film and it all made sense. It would have been better as a black mirror episode or maybe just shorter.
Concept vehicles, concept future world, concept cloning. Watched it for ScarJo and I was happy.
I really enjoyed this, it had a unique premise that was predicable but not completely ridiculous.
Curse you Michael Bay! Going into this movie I had no idea this was a Bay-directed flick. Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, and science fiction. With all of these things going for it, I should have been in for an entertaining time. Wow! Was I wrong. This movie is an overly long, over the top, product placement heavy mess. I began disliking the movie quickly but McGregor's presence kept it watchable. Scarlett Johansson's character was a little perky but she looked beautiful which helps to mask a lot of things. The sets were also attractive and convincingly futuristic. Then I start noticing all of the product placement...Apple, Xbox, Cisco Systems, Cadillac, etc., and asking myself why some things are futuristic looking and other things are looking late twentieth century. Am I not supposed to notice these inconsistencies or is the director playing me for a chump? Then about halfway through, Steve Buscemi's "McCord" sits in his living room and gives us a complete plot summary during a discussion with McGregor and Johansson's characters (Lincoln and Jordan). Everything is explained with intelligence insulting clarity. If this isn't bad enough, Lincoln and Jordan somehow manage to evade and outsmart the LAPD and a special security force. They even survive a 70-story fall off the side of a skyscraper. Only the two lead actors save this from a poor rating from me.
I used to love this movie as a kid. Will definitely not rewatch it, I want to avoid its flaws. Still, it was my sci-fi. I was addicted.
Very good movie - much better than expected. Plenty of action and enough twists to keep you interested.
The ending is somewhat predictable - what Hollywood movie isn't?
9/10
In case your thinking of watching this DON'T it sucked
I had heard so many bad things prior to watching this movie that I almost took a pass. I really wanted to see it though because it was a huge deal here in Detroit when they were filming scenes locally. That turned out to be a dud. About the only part I could attribute to Detroit was the car chase that was filmed indoors. That was the old Train Depot here. What I found weird about the movie was it really didn't have an identity. It sets up as a sci-fi thriller with the genetics and GATTACA type themes. I liked the scene where the clones were reading Dick and Jane. After the scene where we see Michael Clarke Duncan getting his liver removed (I think he was great in this small part), the movie decides to change it's mind and become Terminator 4. The special effects just take over and our two naive, 15 year old mentality clones manage to elude a team of special forces hit men who have rocket cycle, choppers and access to the electronic networks that no one can escape. Yet Lincoln and Jordan do. Mind you the special effects are not cheesy it's just that they dominate the second half of the movie making you forget the original story line. The movie is entertaining, I just wish it didn't have that massive chasm that I felt between the two parts
Action movie with very promising first 30 minutes (this could have been a REALLY great movie!) but after that it turns into a typical and boring "Michael-Bay-Crash-BOOOM-BANG action flick"!
Finally I'd climb out of a plot hole but then immediately fall into another one. I experienced that the entire film
This starts off like such a unique and great concept, then Michael Bay takes charge. It goes on for too long and the last hour is basically a giant chase/action scene. There is a much better 100 minute runtime version that doesn’t have the Michael Bay stamp. Still solid, just could have been great.
Rating: 3/5 - 75% - Worth Watching
This was an awesome creepy futuristic sci fi movie, which honestly wouldn’t be too far fetch from our near future.
Ok so I don't claim to be scientifically inclined and correct me if I'm talking out of my ass here...but if the primary motivation for cloning is to harvest organs, why not just clone only the organs? Surely if they have the medical technology needed to clone entire human beings they can simply clone want they need? I would think it save costs as well as avoid at least some of the ethical dilemma.
Brilliant first hour - great plot concept, well executed, good pacing. Then Bay can't help but ruin it...
Choppy fast paced edits are one thing. Two CGI stunt sequences that would embarrass a Roger Moore Bond film are another... Totally unnecessary and they ruin the movie really.
It's an enjoyable watch. It could have been much, much more.
The story works as an allegory to life in general. The concept also doesn't seem overly far-fetched given where science is in this area - and the lengths the rich will go to.
6.5/10
Another sad example of an outright fantastic concept that's spoiled by attempts to shoehorn it into a stiff, static action movie formula. Like Paycheck and I am Legend, this works very, very well for as long as it sticks near the premise, but then bursts into a flaming wreck somewhere in the second act and cartwheels absurdly to the finish line.
While the getting's good, it's the most I've enjoyed a Michael Bay movie since The Rock. The film’s high production values certainly make for a convincing, well-structured vision of an elegant futuristic lifestyle. Never one for nuance, Bay actually manages to imply something (an unshakable sense that something's just not right) without spelling it out in bright, bold letters for the audience. It's tough not to embrace a vision so seamless, complete and beautiful. But then the other shoe drops, and it lands with a startling thud.
Suddenly we've left behind the intellectually challenging modern Logan's Run atmosphere and we're mindlessly running from a faceless gun-toting enemy, a path of fireballs and demolished automobiles in our wake. Bay takes that as a cue to fall back into his old form and trots out an endless supply of jump cuts, violent action sequences, clunky character moments and bold, excessive product placements. The picture straight-up jumps the tracks, bowls over a herd of buffalo, sails off a cliff and erupts before it can hit the ground. A major disappointment, it's worth watching for roughly the first hour.
Not many movies are saved by the story until about the middle. Just yikes. Bay's directing style gives me headaches.
The conception of this film has a great potential, and Bay ruins it as much as he can. Instead of focusing on the moral questions this topic could bring up, or focusing on the characters who could be much more interesting and are portrayed by legendary actors like McGregor and Buscemi, Mr. Bay decides to do his usual predictable action-scene montage and that TERRIBLY UGLY color grading. Also, this film has one of the lamest endings I have ever seen. It is just lame. They were already at 1 hour 40 minutes when they realized they should wrap the plot up as quick as they could to fit into the 2-hour limit. Could have been a masterpiece. I'm so sorry Bay directed it.
I love the idea behind it but I expected more from it especially in the end.
I used to consider this one of Michael Bay's "good ones." Upon rewatch I don't think thats the case. It's not the worst but I can't sit here and say it's good. So that means according to my count/personal taste, Bay has two good ones to his name, The Rock and Pain and Gain.
Decent.
The huge action scene in the middle was unnecessary and boring.
The ending felt wasted.
Largely pointless. There's a chase sequence where I just want the heroes to smash into a building and bring everything to a merciful ending.
I freaking loathe this film. At first is kinda catching but then is sooo boring and the storyline for me, it's totally uninteresting. They were clones! Nobody cares about them as long as their owners (the real people) are fine. 3/10
The concept was good and a more cerebral approach could have yielded a really good movie. The emphasis on action detracted from the concept and we ended up with something that's an OK watch, but ultimately a bit disappointing.
So apparently they get their manicure done in there
and you mean to tell me that all these people who still believe the whole contamination thing (they are potentially dangerous but they hadn't started asking any questions yet) just run into the world without a single worry in the world?
and why are they wearing white in the end in the boat scene? if i were them i probably wouldn't wear white ever again
At least we got that great acting by ewan mcgregor
Michael Bay's hysterically silly take on Logan's Run. Relentlessly frenetic, but it still manages to be boring.
Shout by Jim222001VIP 6BlockedParent2015-09-22T21:59:05Z
One of the best from Michael Bay. Since it's not all about explosions and is a pretty good movies about clones.