Review of Natural City (2003) by Jeffrey J — 04 Jul 2007

Okay, I just have to say this, . . . STOP COMPARING THIS TO BLADE RUNNER! This movie is not really the same thing as Blade Runner, sure some of the themes and concepts are there, but this movie is quite diffrent, and think, quite underpar with Blade Runner.

This movie is quite decent, its got great special effects and a very interesting story that does beg comparison to Blade Runner. But the general style and focus of this film is entirly diffrent than Blade Runner.

This film has a very high focus on action, and while the action scenes are quite badass I think they do come to distract from the story and the themes a bit too much, to tell the truth. But that aside, I thought the characters were quite interesting, especially the main character that seems like a great anti hero because although you know hes a really selfish person, you still root for him.

I also really like the ending, which was especially heartbreaking. I liked this movie, but I find I like it less with the constant Blade Runner comparisons, because if anything, its a blatant rip off of the Blade Runner plot, but then agien, this plot has been around for as long as we have dreamed of robots.

Oh, and one more thing, WHY THE HELL ARE ALL THE COMBAT CYBORGS DRESSED AS NINJAS?!!!