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Though positively brimming over with pretensions, this is simpleminded fun for roughly the first hour, despite frequent reminders of Blade Runner (rainy and trash-laden streets) and Men in Black (men in dark suits with shades). But eventually it becomes clear that the Wachowskis are equal-opportunity plagiarists, drawing just as freely on Star Wars for mythology, Die Hard for skyscrapers, Alien for secondary characters and decor, Superman and True Lies for stunts, Videodrome for paranoia, and even, God help us, The Game for metaphysical jive. (dal Chicago Reader, 1999) (it) |
