In a dystopian world where the toxicity of the sun forces people to stay indoors during the day, terminally ill man Adam Bird is the only person who doesn't hide away during daylight hours and bravely continues to carry on as normally as possible (with the aid of a HAZMAT suit he is able to get to and from the office every day) whilst his colleagues remain at home. Outside of work, Adam's home life isn't a happy one, yet despite this, he does his best to try and make things work (seemingly for the sake of his children if nothing else).
I liked the idea behind this film and it certainly held a lot of potential. I think what came as a bit of a problem to me was that it felt a bit narrow in terms of scope. The idea of cloning and people trying to exist by only been able to leave home at night is fascinating, but the film does not really delve deeper into things. I would have liked to learn more about how the clones and the human interact and live on a day to day basis; also exactly what percentage of the population are clones and what percentage are humans? Also at one point Reena says that her kids don't go to school; if meetings can be held virtually then surely lessons can be as well. It could be her personal choice for them not to be schooled or maybe there aren't enough teachers but this is never explained. I just felt that certain areas could have been expanded upon to make the film that bit more interesting and give it more depth.
In some ways, watching this film is a sad reflection of modern society; everything is done virtually, people don't generally engage person to person. You only have to look at the first scene with Adam and his family to see what I'm getting at. Adam seems to be painted as the bad guy here, but Reena has her fair share of flaws yet for some reason she's portrayed as the victim.
It's fair to say the VR world does allow the writers to give us an insight into the terrifying future that may lay ahead of us (Adam having sex with a VR doll) is one such scene which was incredibly weird to watch.
The scene at the end where Adam or Richard as he is known by at this point meets his clone self does offer some tension and allows Adam to potentially see the error of his ways.
One other thing that got me a bit with this film was the ending which felt abrupt. I would have liked to have seen how things were different with the couple going forward as they were effectively starting over again.
LX2048 is well-made, visually striking and interesting enough to be worth a look, but I just felt that it could have done with been more expansive and would have benefitted from being a bit deeper (the characters aren't the most interesting people in the world).
It's not the worst of its kind, but it's also far from the best.
I liked the idea behind this film and it certainly held a lot of potential. I think what came as a bit of a problem to me was that it felt a bit narrow in terms of scope. The idea of cloning and people trying to exist by only been able to leave home at night is fascinating, but the film does not really delve deeper into things. I would have liked to learn more about how the clones and the human interact and live on a day to day basis; also exactly what percentage of the population are clones and what percentage are humans? Also at one point Reena says that her kids don't go to school; if meetings can be held virtually then surely lessons can be as well. It could be her personal choice for them not to be schooled or maybe there aren't enough teachers but this is never explained. I just felt that certain areas could have been expanded upon to make the film that bit more interesting and give it more depth.
In some ways, watching this film is a sad reflection of modern society; everything is done virtually, people don't generally engage person to person. You only have to look at the first scene with Adam and his family to see what I'm getting at. Adam seems to be painted as the bad guy here, but Reena has her fair share of flaws yet for some reason she's portrayed as the victim.
It's fair to say the VR world does allow the writers to give us an insight into the terrifying future that may lay ahead of us (Adam having sex with a VR doll) is one such scene which was incredibly weird to watch.
The scene at the end where Adam or Richard as he is known by at this point meets his clone self does offer some tension and allows Adam to potentially see the error of his ways.
One other thing that got me a bit with this film was the ending which felt abrupt. I would have liked to have seen how things were different with the couple going forward as they were effectively starting over again.
LX2048 is well-made, visually striking and interesting enough to be worth a look, but I just felt that it could have done with been more expansive and would have benefitted from being a bit deeper (the characters aren't the most interesting people in the world).
It's not the worst of its kind, but it's also far from the best.