Wow. Who knew that George Lucas, the king of Saturday matinée action movies, could make such pompous pap? This awful movie is everything I hate about bad science fiction: it's pretentious, it makes inane attempts at social commentary, and worst of all, its world is uninteresting and makes no sense. It's just painful to watch. (In fact, sometimes it is literally painful to watch, as throughout most of the film, every character is dressed in white, standing in front of white walls. My eyes were sore.)
The plot is the standard sci-fi refugee story. The hero, THX 1138, chafes against his oppressive society, then decides to flee, meeting other weirdos along the way. Meanwhile, robot cops who look and move like dancers from a Kraftwerk video try to catch him.
That is all you will remember about this film. Most of the time, ancillary characters are pontificating about society's laws, the nature of society, the importance of coriander in a good fish taco, blah blah blah. Never once are we really given a reason to care about any of this. Beyond that, the film consists of... well, that's it, really.
Except for the Ferrari 330P4 that was used as a prop in one scene, I enjoyed nothing about this movie. It was a pretentious version of "Logan's Run." It was a high tech B-movie based on Ayn Rand's "Anthem." Unless you are a Star Wars geek, avoid.
The plot is the standard sci-fi refugee story. The hero, THX 1138, chafes against his oppressive society, then decides to flee, meeting other weirdos along the way. Meanwhile, robot cops who look and move like dancers from a Kraftwerk video try to catch him.
That is all you will remember about this film. Most of the time, ancillary characters are pontificating about society's laws, the nature of society, the importance of coriander in a good fish taco, blah blah blah. Never once are we really given a reason to care about any of this. Beyond that, the film consists of... well, that's it, really.
Except for the Ferrari 330P4 that was used as a prop in one scene, I enjoyed nothing about this movie. It was a pretentious version of "Logan's Run." It was a high tech B-movie based on Ayn Rand's "Anthem." Unless you are a Star Wars geek, avoid.