I liked it.
And yet, it was somehow less than it could have been.
It touched on some interesting issues: Crazy Gulf War vets with undiagnosed maladies, mind control / implant / MK Ultra issues, politicking / electioneering / PR spinning, corporate greed and government corruption, Stage Mom / Call Me Eddie (Oedipus) syndrome, etcetera.
And while it touched on these issues, it didn't really engage them. Maybe it was trying to do too many things at once, or maybe the filmmakers were simply too timid to come flat out and say what they really felt out of fear of alienating half the audience.
And so, while it was a decent, watchable film with some good moments, it was not the hellish descent into total paranoia that I wanted.
Worth a rent, I'd say.
And yet, it was somehow less than it could have been.
It touched on some interesting issues: Crazy Gulf War vets with undiagnosed maladies, mind control / implant / MK Ultra issues, politicking / electioneering / PR spinning, corporate greed and government corruption, Stage Mom / Call Me Eddie (Oedipus) syndrome, etcetera.
And while it touched on these issues, it didn't really engage them. Maybe it was trying to do too many things at once, or maybe the filmmakers were simply too timid to come flat out and say what they really felt out of fear of alienating half the audience.
And so, while it was a decent, watchable film with some good moments, it was not the hellish descent into total paranoia that I wanted.
Worth a rent, I'd say.
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