| RATING: | 40% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
A bland, unimaginative and trite script, coupled with unoriginal dialogue, makes this a rather tiresome and repetitive affair. Instead of saying how the world got this way, we have here a western disguised as science fiction: All style and precious little substance; trying hard to out-Tarantino Quentin Tarantino.
The view of human nature on offer is disturbingly revealing of Christian's belief that women are no more than sexual objects whose only purpose is to relieve men of their sexual tensions. The film pretends to criticize this attitude; while actively engaging in it. Like a lot of futuristic movies, this one tacitly admits that it is about the present state of Western culture; eg, Dog-eat-dog; every man for himself; while bizarrely offering the cause (Christianity) as the solution.
The parable of Christian teachings being both responsible for the end of the world, through blind obedience to wishful thinking; while simultaneously implying that Christianity can revive a culture that failed is intriguing, but dramatically unexplored. The necessary combination of faith and force required to make Christianity work is visually stressed though violence, but by no other means; making this a strange movie about faith that has neither faith in itself nor its audience, in assuming the latter is only interested in gratuitous violence.
As they do with popular music, Christians make poor movies - if only a Christian like Johnny Cash could have written this script, it would have been a damn sight better. Nevertheless, the scant humor here is morbidly spot-on; albeit in accepting the inherent flaws in Christianity without meaningfully commenting on them.
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