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I see why it is a classic, but it left me feeling a bit meh. In a world where everyone is drugged to compliance, and sex is forbidden two people stop taking all their drugs and fall in love. Escape and tragedy are also part of the experience.

Still, on another level, the overmedicalisation of most of humanity continues and Television is often the opium of the masses. We live lives where we drift exhausted from home to work and back again and wonder what it's all about. Is it different enough? ( )

A man in a far-future dystopia is arrested for not taking enough drugs.

It's a speculative rating, really. Since the DVD just has the director's cut (with cartoons drawn on top of everything), I can only guess what the original was like. It seems very interesting, and surprisingly intense for such an eye-roll-inducing set-up.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: D
Acting: B
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.4/4 ( )

See What I Have Been Watching, July 2010 at From Word to Word