Review of 2033 (2009) by Rafæl M — 10 Mar 2010

I read one of the reviews here about Catholic propaganda, didn't really believe it...though the screenplay is heavily narrow in it's focusing in as a futurist interpretation of the aftermath of the Cristero War/La Cristiada. I will give credit though in what *could* have been an interesting idea of how our future is headed with mass consumerism, corporative domination, drug induced indifference to social problems...but really their portrayal of a future Mexico City was so simplistic, social problems really just reduced to poverty and insurgence (which kept being amalgamated as the same thing :-/). The characters were all one-dimensional, acting and directing really more in line for a telenovela and commercials. And it turns out, that the resistance to the apparent corporate Mexican dictatorship utopia is in fact an underground group of lay clergy. Um, so what about the Catholic church outside Mexico?

The story is rather predictable, pretentious, and spoon-fed that really follows the Hollywood model, though of made-for-tv movie quality. Though the SFX were the best I've seen so far in an exclusively Mexican production, and the designs for future Mexico City; while perhaps ripping off THX, Logan's Run and steampunk sci-fi; were pretty well done. However, none of the glitz can help a mediocre script and sub-par acting and direction.