film criticism by maryann johanson | celebrating 25 years: 1997–2022
No movie has ever been higher-concept than this: Today-aged Will Smith versus CGI-young Will Smith! It’s the future of film in an anemic, tedious, ironically dated spy-action shell. Bafflingly awful.
And why it’s difficult to believe that getting these images out onto the Net isn’t precisely what Sony intended…
A hugely ambitious film reminiscent of The Matrix and the works of Terry Gilliam while also carving out its own apocalyptic sci-fi space.
