| RATING: | 80% |
| FORMAT: | DVD |
Fascinating super-hero movie on an Ev'ry Cloud has a Silver Lining theme. Despite a certain amount of derivative horror-shocks, this movie has an original charm all its own.
The early humor - before the darkness sets in - comes from the fact the hero has his work cut out for him as there are so many people in mortal danger. This could easily drive a normal person crazy - on top of which there are some people that you should definitely not save. Because he does not know who is good and who evil, this becomes an almost-profound meditation on the nature of the two and about the great leveler Death itself. And yet somehow the life-force is predominant in this film as the dead must bury the dead and ordinary human life reassert itself after the tragic loss of those close to one.
The movie’s only problem is its denial of freewill; while successfully extolling it. Because predestination is also a theme here it makes no sense to suggest that one’s nature is determined at birth.
Nevertheless the ever-excellent pair Katee SACKHOFF and Nathan FILLION play ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances in a believable way that makes for great acting without which this movie would just seem run-of-the-mill.
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