Review of The Genius Club (2006) by Miguel V — 21 Jan 2008

7 purported geniuses (they don't really seem all that, though) get rounded up by the government to discuss the world's problems at the insistence of a disgruntled former government worker who awards points for opinions he agrees with.

If they don't get enough points, disgruntled will set off a nuclear device. Too many scenes of the G's saying things like "let me out of here!" Its a given that they don't want to be there, but wouldn't they be interested in trying to stop the threatened disaster? Not bad for a movie about people sitting around a table.

After critiquing capitalism, some Christian apologetics get thrown in near the end, and then something about the Importance of Knowing Who I Am (and I wouldn't argue with that!) This is a passably interesting movie, though again, the "genius" of the collected participants wasn't readily apparent to me.

I give it three stars for attempting to make a movie revolve around important issues, with no actual car chases or (spoiler ahead) explosions.