Pretty good, smaller scale sci-fi action movie, with better-than-average fight scenes. A good diversion from the usual big budget blockbuster fare.
The highlight here is the unique robotic fighting style of the main guy. I watch plenty of martial arts action fighting movies, but I've never seen anything quite like this. Just when you think you've seen all the fighting styles there are to see onscreen in action movies, they come up with a fighting style that's completely original like this. Very creative and impressive for the actors/stunt performers to be able to figure out how to choreograph these fight scenes, where he's clobbering his opponents, while only barely moving his body and his limbs any more than necessary and in a precise and robotic style of movement. These fights were good enough that my only complaint is I wish they found room to insert a few more fight scenes.
Also, the camera work is totally unique in the way they've figured out how to have the camera track one guy perfectly smoothly, as he's moving around in an intense fight scene. I briefly read about how they built a completely unique camera rig system for this movie just to pull off these shots and it sounds incredible that they were able to do it. It's so admirable to see filmmakers continue to come up with creative new ways to astound us, especially on a smaller budget film like this.
The highlight here is the unique robotic fighting style of the main guy. I watch plenty of martial arts action fighting movies, but I've never seen anything quite like this. Just when you think you've seen all the fighting styles there are to see onscreen in action movies, they come up with a fighting style that's completely original like this. Very creative and impressive for the actors/stunt performers to be able to figure out how to choreograph these fight scenes, where he's clobbering his opponents, while only barely moving his body and his limbs any more than necessary and in a precise and robotic style of movement. These fights were good enough that my only complaint is I wish they found room to insert a few more fight scenes.
Also, the camera work is totally unique in the way they've figured out how to have the camera track one guy perfectly smoothly, as he's moving around in an intense fight scene. I briefly read about how they built a completely unique camera rig system for this movie just to pull off these shots and it sounds incredible that they were able to do it. It's so admirable to see filmmakers continue to come up with creative new ways to astound us, especially on a smaller budget film like this.