Transcendence

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For a film that threatened the end of the modern world, it moved pretty damn slow. I would give Transcendence a 6.5/10.

This film had a great concept that worked well with the modern state of technological progress today. The last half hour of the film was also brilliant, the conflict between technological progression and the human condition became interesting to watch. The visual effects were incredibly well done in this film, as well as the cinematography, I was entranced by the flow of what was essentially a technological masterpiece. The set design was also rather clever in this film, namely any set at Bright Town.

Rebecca Hall, who played Evelyn Caster, was stunning; she externalised her struggle between love and fear incredibly well.

However it was Paul Bettany, who played Max Waters, who really owned this film. He had such a moral heart to him but also was one of the few people to be convincing when reciting technical jargon. I also loved that he was a medical doctor, and some of the decisions he made went against what he had sworn to uphold as a doctor.

This film fell flat for the majority of the plot, it was quite boring and you were expected to take a lot for granted. But worse than that, they ended the film on a rather ambiguous note which means I now have no clue as to what the point of the film was.

Johnny Depp, who played Will Caster, really just felt like he put no effort into this film; it just seemed like he was there to do the film and then leave. Cillian Murphy, who played Agent Buchanan, was there as a rather unconvincing authority figure, but really he played no major role in the film. Kate Mara, who played Bree, was an anti-villain figure that really did not deserve to be there at the end of the film; she felt like a minor actress. Morgan Freeman, who played Joseph Tagger, was a really minor character and quite frankly the film could have done without him.