Solid middle of the road film.
Lambert is fine. Brook is not.
Phillips? Kind of wish he had started his career as a solid character actor rather than with some major successes. Then I wouldn’t feel so bad seeing him in low budget scifi films.
Absolon
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
3/10/2003Runtime
96 minsGenres
Overview
In the near future, a virus has infected everyone on the planet, and Absolon is a drug that everyone must take to stay alive. One corporation controls the drug. Murchison is the leader of this firm. A scientist who was researching the virus is found murdered, and Norman Scott is the policeman who investigates the crime.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$8,000,000Revenue
$7,016Homepage
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How It Feels
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A noir-tinged thriller set in a plague-ravaged future where one corporation holds humanity hostage through a mandatory drug. It's a tight procedural mystery tangled up with questions about who you can trust when survival itself is a commodity.
Mood
Dread-soakedParanoidTense
Themes
CorruptionSurvivalPower
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
DesaturatedStylized genre
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
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