Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi | ... | Baby Diego (as Juan Yacuzzi) |
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Mishal Husain | ... | Newsreader |
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Rob Curling | ... | Newsreader |
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Jon Chevalier | ... | Café Customer |
Rita Davies | ... | Café Customer | |
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Kim Fenton | ... | Café Customer |
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Chris Gilbert | ... | Café Customer |
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Phoebe Hawthorne | ... | Café Customer |
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Rebecca Howard | ... | Café Customer |
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Atalanta White | ... | Café Customer (as Atlanta White) |
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Laurence Woodbridge | ... | Café Customer |
Clive Owen | ... | Theo Faron | |
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Maria McErlane | ... | Shirley |
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Michael Haughey | ... | Mr. Griffiths |
Phaldut Sharma | ... | Ian (as Paul Sharma) |
London, 2027. In this dystopian world, humans have been incapable of reproducing for eighteen years for an unknown reason, meaning the imminent extinction of the species. Britain is the one remaining civilized society on the planet, which has resulted in people wanting to immigrate there. As such, it has become a police state in order to handle the immigrants, who are placed into refugee camps. Lowly government bureaucrat Theo Faron, once an activist, is approached by the Fishes, deemed a terrorist group, led by his ex-wife Julian Taylor, who he has not seen in close to twenty years, their marriage which disintegrated following the death of their infant son Dylan during the 2008 flu pandemic. Although the Fishes did use terrorist means in their on-going revolution against the state in the fight for immigrant rights, Julian vows that they now garner support solely by speaking to the people. What she wants is for Theo to use his connections to get transit papers for a young immigrant ... Written by Huggo
this film is one of the best things i have seen this year. It's an improbable cross between "Brazil" "a clockwork orange" and the video game HALF-LIFE2 (from which it borrows it's final sequences and use of on shot action-sequences) it manages to be both entertaining in the Hollywood way (with incredible action sequences and a very clever way of using digital effects) yet very sad and different with a very very dark and realistic overtone. No comic relief, no cartoon character bravery, only human behavior in it's best and most horrible way. This realistic overtone makes the main characters very engaging and moving. CLive owen (whose i have always disliked) is excellent as the man drowned into an adventure too big for him (sorry for my bad English)
It's the same kind of film than V for vendetta (both taking place in a futuristic fascist British society) different from the usual mainstrean studio teenager pleaser crap
GO see it! help intelligent cinema