Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Lana Wachowski
Writer: Meirad Tako
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Brian Tee, Karen Fukuhara
Budget: $58,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $58,415,085
Foreign Box Office: $88,574,429
Total Profit: $17,344,187
Reaction: We can't complain about a successful mid-budget sci-fi film. With the Japanese heavy cast and story, the film performed quite well in that region. Interestingly, the film made almost all of its profit at the box office as it had very poor home video sales figures.
"Brian Tee is a real standout here. Ryan Reynolds gets top billing making a fat salary, but ultimately is just pretending to be Tee, who when he is on-screen (and not being portrayed by Reynolds) delivers an intense performance." - Matthew Ellis, USA Today
"I honestly wanted to like this one. I enjoyed the futuristic Japan setting, and I even enjoyed the oddly cast Ryan Reynolds (I don't understand casting such an expressive actor as essentially a blank slate), but it just doesn't fit together very well." - Paul Ontkean, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"The film is such a weird mix of science fiction ideas that it's hard to even critique. Like most work from a Wachowski, it wears its influences on its sleeve. If you like the same things Lana Wachowski likes, you're bound to like this one. But based on recent work from the director, that's a big if (and a big no from me)." - Mark Plainsview, ReelViews
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