Virtual Revolution

Movie Math: (Blade Runner 2049 + Ready Player One) Full Moon Features = 2047 Virtual Revolution

I thought it was fun. It reminded me of one Charlie Bands old movies.

Ever wonder what Blade Runner would have been like if it had been an action film with a plot a hundred times less imaginative? Watch 2047: Virtual Revolution and you'll know.

Six stars for decent technical execution.

If you could program a perfect life for yourself, but it wasn't real and you could not go back, would you do it? Is life about experience or is it about soldiering on in the real world, however depressing it might be?

This movie is yet another exploration of this theme. But I think it does it well and has a new take upon it.

The rest of the movie was a nice b-movie, watchable with some weaknesses and some cringe. But I liked the basic theme and I do not regret watching this movie at all. Give it a go if you are into these sort of thing.

On the surface Virtual Revolution looks enticing.

Regrettably, the not too shabby special effects and reasonable cast, can't make up for this films conspicuous shortcomings. This flicks biggest flaw is its lack of imagination and originality. Virtual Revolution comes across as a rather basic knock off of films like Blade Runner and any other dystopian, futurist, sci fi, you care to name. Why on earth can't film makers look past older films and come up with some new, fresh ideas, of their own?

Virtual Revolution's cause is not helped by rather uninspiring narrative and scripting either. I found the characters bland and uninteresting, with no real depth or substance to them.

The result is a film that's alright for those who have no point of comparison. Unfortunately for veteran viewers like myself, who have had exposure to superb films like Blade Runner, this one pales into insignificance. A five out of ten from me.

Good plot, good dialog, saves the movie from the obvious low budget. Music suits the movie theme. Composed by the director even. Some visual effects catch your eye for not being "Hollywood standard". I've seen worse visual effects with way more budget. Still impressive piece of work with actors doing their best within what they've given. For a low budget scifi flick I'm more than entertained. The storyline was easy to follow and some minor distractions were saved by lively dialogue (my mother language is not English so I don't pay much detail to subtle nyances in dialogue). Very enjoyable scifi flick to pass the time with a nice thought provoking plot.