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30 Sep 2009, 17:38

Anyone else seen this yet? Caught it at the pictures the other night and seemed a surprisingly good romp. A sort of blockbuster with a slight twist and not predictably all set in New York or Los Angeles with a heroic steely jawed all-American hero saving the day. In places it was pretty desperate and bleak as is the subject matter (detention camps) especially in Sarf Africa. Lost the plot a bit towards the end but still the best CGI infested "film" I've seen in quite some time.

Predictably :laugh: the Guardian has published an article on the film's racist connotations.

Apologies to Fradders and Popey for this... waaaay too mainstream :p

1 Oct 2009, 06:20

Nah, I really liked it - especially the way the Sarf Afrikaaners sound just like scousers whenever they say "fuck" (which they do a lot in this movie!).

1 Oct 2009, 11:20

I liked the fact that there was no hero, in fact, nobody even mildly likable, in the entire thing.

1 Oct 2009, 13:10

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote: Nah, I really liked it - especially the way the Sarf Afrikaaners sound just like scousers whenever they say "fuck" (which they do a lot in this movie!).

I was yukking at that.

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