Review of Vice (2015) by Jopair — 27 Oct 2015

I'm glad there're others that share my opinion that this movie contains some merits. Is that a recommendation? Sadly, NO! I do like the 'Westworld' / 'Grand Theft Auto' nod, and if we had not seen countless other sci-fi movies that expanded upon the original concepts which gave us "modern sci-fi," this movie might be a bit more appreciated.

I think the seemingly low production budget helped, since rather than portraying a billion dollar facility complete with holograms, white rooms, and marble toilets, the company in this movie looked like they were really trying to make a buck.

The BEST theme in this movie is wether or or not I should care about the "replicants" and wether or not I should care about this movie! I appreciate it when movies don't "explain" things and just let them play out, and this movie pulls that off in some aspects, but also is guilty of one of the worst "explanation scenes" ever (I guess if you have not watched about 100 years worth of sci-fi over a period of about 40 years, you might need an explanation or two, though.

..). Ever since working on a script or two, I have been unable to view movies without asking myself and others; "Could you do better?" This movie is an anomoly that somehow pulled me through to the end.

If you step back from the thousands of actions scenes you have seen, and realize that people CAN be really bad shots in real life, the portrayal has a sense of reality. Still really like Willis, still like Jane, and Childers is an amazingly beautiful woman.

If you are a sci-fi connoisseur, or interested in getting a few dos and don'ts for making movies, watch it. My rating is based on pretending I have never seen another movie in my life.