One of the stranger films I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot. That an attempt could even made to create this film wrapped around PKD's book deserves much credit, for even trying to make this work. Given what the director had to work with, within a very limited budget, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. This may not be for everyone, but for those who resonate with this type of story and implied content, this is definitely cult icon material.
For what it is, remarkably well done. Sort of a weird mix of 1984, ETs from another star system, and religion, compressed into political thriller with a philosophical message that may make sense to some, and be completely incomprehensible to others. This is not about flashy CGI (the effects are ridiculously low tech), the general ambiance is definitely low budget B grade production style. But that's not the point, in fact a more polished, high tech remake would actually detract from the qualities this obscure film actually offers.
If anything, seeing Alanis Morissette in this was a sort of odd side attraction, and they even managed to write her in singing a beautiful song, but her character was not supposed to be any sort of "singer" (explaining her part would be too close to a spoiler).
More than a bit outside the box, particularly the ending (no spoilers here), but certainly worth the time, to at least watch it once. Between 7 and 8 perhaps, but I'll go with an 8 for effort.
For what it is, remarkably well done. Sort of a weird mix of 1984, ETs from another star system, and religion, compressed into political thriller with a philosophical message that may make sense to some, and be completely incomprehensible to others. This is not about flashy CGI (the effects are ridiculously low tech), the general ambiance is definitely low budget B grade production style. But that's not the point, in fact a more polished, high tech remake would actually detract from the qualities this obscure film actually offers.
If anything, seeing Alanis Morissette in this was a sort of odd side attraction, and they even managed to write her in singing a beautiful song, but her character was not supposed to be any sort of "singer" (explaining her part would be too close to a spoiler).
More than a bit outside the box, particularly the ending (no spoilers here), but certainly worth the time, to at least watch it once. Between 7 and 8 perhaps, but I'll go with an 8 for effort.