In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic One-Child Policy, seven identical sisters (all of them portrayed by Noomi Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau, directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning agenda that the sisters outwit by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman. Taught by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe) who raised and named them - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - each can go outside once a week as their common identity, but are only free to be themselves in the prison of their own apartment. That is until, one day, Monday does not come home.
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Enjoyable Dystopian Sci-Fi
This movie is not without its faults. There are plot holes and some completely unrealistic scenarios. However, I'm not one who looks for every box to be ticked and can let these things slide, as long as the film makes up for it in other aspects such as whether it's enjoyable or not. It does so, in my opinion, with a timely, thought-provoking theme. Also, it is well-paced and there wasn't a dull moment. And Glenn Close was genuinely terrifying.
Stargate is a military science fiction media franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, based on the idea of an alien Einstein–Rosen bridge device (the Stargate) that enables nearly instantaneous travel across the cosmos. The franchise began with the film Stargate, released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, which grossed US$197 million worldwide.[1][2] In 1997, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner created a television series titled Stargate SG-1 as a sequel to the film. This show was joined by Stargate Atlantis in 2004, and a third spin-off series, Stargate Universe, in 2009. Also consistent with the same story are a variety of books, video games and comic books, as well as the direct-to-DVD movies Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Continuum , which concluded the first television show after 10 seasons. In 2011, Stargate Universe , the last Stargate program on television, ended its run and the franchise has been in limbo since. Brad Wrigh...
Trinta anos após os eventos do primeiro filme, um solitário Blade Runner, chamado K descobre um segredo há muito enterrado, que caso surja em público, tem o potencial de mergulhar o que resta de uma sociedade decadente no caos. Esta descoberta, atira K ( Gosling ) para a difícil missão de encontrar Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), um ex-Blade Runner desaparecido durante tres décadas. Crítica: Seria fácil acusar Hollywood de tentar explorar dinheiro fácil, revisitando o clássico de culto de ficção científica de Ridley Scott, 'Blade Runner', 35 anos após o original de 1982. Que outro motivo haveria para a industria do cinema revisitar este mundo alternativo e distópico pintado de neon? Que não a oportunidade de facturar com mais uma marca reconhecida? Era o que inclusive, eu esperava deste filme, mais uma cópia desinspirada e derivativa do original; simplificada e dirigida ao consumo de massas. Felizmente, os meus receios não se materializaram. Blade Runner 204...
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