I actually just signed up on this website to warn those of you who are about to see this movie...to never see this movie. I rented it because it was said to be better than the Matrix movies, which isn't saying a lot but the last time I heard that quote, it was for Equilibrium.
And you ask me why I didn't like it so much? Well first off, the entire plot is skewed to the point where they just make things up as the movie goes along. The basis is on a man dying in a 50 year long war between terrorists and his nation(then finds his side are terrorists), then wondering around the people he loves as a ghost. His father is trying a new "neo-cell" treatment which provides limbs and organs for sickly humans(think stem cell). All these organs are in a massive pit of goo, when suddenly out of absolutely nowhere a mechanical lightning bolt strikes the pit of organs and limbs causing them to fuse together and make "neo-sapiens" aka zombies. This lightning bolt is cleverly called "the lightning" and has no explanation. The main character's father dips his body into the goo with the lightning bolt, bringing him back to life and long story short...he's super human or "neo-sapien". blah blah blah. I'm not going to give away the entire story but thats how it starts.
Anyway...an even longer story(the movie) short is the sfx are poorly done and not believable even for the primal state of 2004 sfx. When a character is finished with a task, he all of a sudden appears in a new area out of nowhere, there is no evidence of a journey, they just show up. When the neo sapiens are attacked, they escape from the city without much video documentation and then appear in some snowy mountains. A completely new and never before mentioned character comes into play without explanation other than he's the chairman's son and then takes over a hugely unexplained government. Suddenly there's a super weapon used by the neo sapiens that has not been discussed at all nor explained on how it was made using no scientists. The robot looks ridiculous upon that. The main character as Casshern(a completely unexplained story of mythology) looks generic and is no where near as "kick ass" as he should be. In fact, the scientist who made the main character's suit says he would destroy himself from too much strength without the suit, but the other neo sapiens can live without that suit. Unexplained. There is talk of a "so simple" after life a few times as well which just shows a woman next to a tree, no explanation. When the super bomb weapon goes off, Casshern lives even though he attached himself to it and then suddenly shows up in the neo sapien castle from what seems to be miles away. The dad miraculously shows up in the same castle, and shoots Casshern's girlfriend to prove a point. Casshern's girlfriend who miraculously survived an overly exploded hand grenade that destroyed most of the castle in which she was inside of, she came out unscathed even though every other character other than the father was dead.
If you haven't noticed by my ranting and short points mentioned, there are many continuity errors and inaccuracies. Its hard to follow due to so many plots and motives coming from nowhere. Nothing is explained, nothing is worth explaining, the movie is a waste of money...unless all you're looking for is another crappy Michael Bay sfx movie without the sfx.
And you ask me why I didn't like it so much? Well first off, the entire plot is skewed to the point where they just make things up as the movie goes along. The basis is on a man dying in a 50 year long war between terrorists and his nation(then finds his side are terrorists), then wondering around the people he loves as a ghost. His father is trying a new "neo-cell" treatment which provides limbs and organs for sickly humans(think stem cell). All these organs are in a massive pit of goo, when suddenly out of absolutely nowhere a mechanical lightning bolt strikes the pit of organs and limbs causing them to fuse together and make "neo-sapiens" aka zombies. This lightning bolt is cleverly called "the lightning" and has no explanation. The main character's father dips his body into the goo with the lightning bolt, bringing him back to life and long story short...he's super human or "neo-sapien". blah blah blah. I'm not going to give away the entire story but thats how it starts.
Anyway...an even longer story(the movie) short is the sfx are poorly done and not believable even for the primal state of 2004 sfx. When a character is finished with a task, he all of a sudden appears in a new area out of nowhere, there is no evidence of a journey, they just show up. When the neo sapiens are attacked, they escape from the city without much video documentation and then appear in some snowy mountains. A completely new and never before mentioned character comes into play without explanation other than he's the chairman's son and then takes over a hugely unexplained government. Suddenly there's a super weapon used by the neo sapiens that has not been discussed at all nor explained on how it was made using no scientists. The robot looks ridiculous upon that. The main character as Casshern(a completely unexplained story of mythology) looks generic and is no where near as "kick ass" as he should be. In fact, the scientist who made the main character's suit says he would destroy himself from too much strength without the suit, but the other neo sapiens can live without that suit. Unexplained. There is talk of a "so simple" after life a few times as well which just shows a woman next to a tree, no explanation. When the super bomb weapon goes off, Casshern lives even though he attached himself to it and then suddenly shows up in the neo sapien castle from what seems to be miles away. The dad miraculously shows up in the same castle, and shoots Casshern's girlfriend to prove a point. Casshern's girlfriend who miraculously survived an overly exploded hand grenade that destroyed most of the castle in which she was inside of, she came out unscathed even though every other character other than the father was dead.
If you haven't noticed by my ranting and short points mentioned, there are many continuity errors and inaccuracies. Its hard to follow due to so many plots and motives coming from nowhere. Nothing is explained, nothing is worth explaining, the movie is a waste of money...unless all you're looking for is another crappy Michael Bay sfx movie without the sfx.