Film Reviews by ML

Overlong, boring, cliched, predictable and not even remotely amusing film trying to make a point about capitalism, socialism & inequalty with all the subtlety and finesse of a frying pan to the face. This has been done so much better elsewhere. A complete waste of two and a half hours with no redeeming features at all.

The trailer makes this look like an interesting action film, but it most definitely is not - almost nothing happens for the majority of it, meaningless lingering shots of trees or the male character go on way too long, it has no atmosphere or tension whatsoever - it's like an overlong, very boring episode of a low-budget tv show - avoid!

Clichéd characters, clichéd dialog, clichéd story. This tries to be Alien underwater but fails at every level - it's boring, predictable, and has absolutely zero tension. Stewart is as bland and characterless as in every other film she's ever made, Cassell is sadly wasted, and the rest of the cast are predictable throwaway non-entities that you couldn't care less about. If it was a shlocky B-movie that at least would have been ok but it takes itself way to seriously and is just plain dull.

This unfortunately suffers from something that is quite common in Korean films which is ridiculous overreacting and face pulling - it's ok in comedy and light films but doesn't fit at all in a story of this seriousness and detracts from it greatly. A shame - it's still watchable but would have a much greater impact without it.

An absolulety dire film in every way - virtually everything that happens in it verges from the ridiculous to the plain stupid, the acting is appalling, the dialog is laughable, and just to finish it off completely the only language option available is dubbed english which is terrible - imagine a cross between a bad 60's spaghetti western and Allo Allo and you're somewhere close, it really is that bad. I have a pretty high tolerance for poor films but this isn't even a 'so bad it's good' film - it's just truly awful, don't waste your time on it, you'll regret it!

Avoid this at all costs!!! On the version Paradiso have the Russian actors have been badly dubbed with absolutely appalling American accents. It completely ruins any sense of immersion and is so bad it makes the film unwatchable.