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Chris Gould (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 1st August 2009, 21:50

Anyone seen the trailer for this one? It was on bfore Pelham 123 today and it looks pretty good:

http://www.d-9.com/

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Pete-MK (Elite Donator) posted this on Saturday, 1st August 2009, 21:54

I saw a trailer a month ago and was impressed, even more so when i saw where it was set.

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Pete-MK (Elite Donator) posted this on Saturday, 22nd August 2009, 22:24

It`s.... incredible.

Breathtaking.

The CGI is beyond anything I`ve seen before, so seamlessly interwoven into the visual of the film it`s easy to forget those guys aren`t even there.

The concept of this film is incredible, and it`s hard to descibe. Racism and stereotypes are brought to the fore, but on a bizarre scale. The hero of the film, Vickers, is one for the books. Although his development is initially obvious, some aspects of it is alarming, until you remember where this film is set.

Which surprised me, actually. I knew Sth Africa was an incredibly f***ed-up area of the planet, but the honesty with which they depict areas of their city (albeit through the metaphor of a mass alien infestation) was quite enlightening.

If there`s a criticism to be made, it`s an unfair one. South Africa hasn`t exactly been at the forefront of modern movie-making litany, so to claim that Vickers` exo-skeleton battle suit comes straight out of MGS and Appleseed can be over-critical, when all`s said and done, this is the best piece of film-making I`ve seen since....

I really can`t end that sentence.

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floyd_dylan (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 23rd August 2009, 15:54

Sounds cool, it out now at the cinema?

floyd

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Gareth Williams (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 23rd August 2009, 19:35

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Sounds cool, it out now at the cinema?

No... September 4th in the UK

Really looking forward to it!



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Magic_ians (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 23rd August 2009, 20:32

Its on my to see list :)

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mbilko (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 23rd August 2009, 23:30

thought it was a fantastic idea with the racism/politics and the beginning of the movie being blair witchite/documentary worked but when they tried to turn it into an action movie i frankly lost the will to live, the acting was very poor, plot holes were HUGE (cant comment further but i think ull get what i mean) so a bit bla for me and completely overhyped

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Chris Gould (Elite) posted this on Monday, 24th August 2009, 08:51

It hasn`t really been hyped at all. I only heard about it by accident and it`s not like it`s had a major ad campaign.

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Pete-MK (Elite Donator) posted this on Monday, 24th August 2009, 23:00

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It hasn`t really been hyped at all. I only heard about it by accident and it`s not like it`s had a major ad campaign
. Totally. The only way I`ve heard of this was through apple trailers. The acting from the main lead was brilliant for someone who`s never acted before (apart from the short film that led to this movie) and the plot was cohesive and well thought out, IMHO.


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Ryno_Dod (Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 26th August 2009, 18:31

Watched a "cam" of this and yep it`s very good also look out for the advertising on phone boxes etc



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