2007 science fiction movie
Rating: 14/20
Plot: I'm not really sure, and since you don't care anyway, it doesn't make sense for me to even bother.
Damon Packard is either a genius or insane or, mostly likely, a combination of both. Whatever the case, his particular brand of playful avant-garde goes a little over my head here. At about an hour long, this unauthorized sequel to both Logan's Run and 1984 is stuffed with ideas. There's stuff about technology as you might expect, the low-budget spin showing off Packard's boundless creativity and sense of humor. There's a bunch of meta stuff, scenes showing the film crew and the director, venturing into mockumentary territories at times. There's stock footage of roller rink action that Packard spices up with cheap computer graphics to give it a chaotic and beautiful sci-fi psychedelic sheen. It's possible that there are too many ideas in this thing as it's a very sloppy hour, but it's difficult not to appreciate his skills as an editor, his idiosyncratic approach, and just his enthusiasm for the material.
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