Ettepet

A lot about this movie could have been done better. What I missed from it were: good chemistry between cast members, and a truly gripping storyline. In fact a lot could have been learned from how The Bourne Identity was done. The Discovery Of Heaven meets The Bourne Identity, but worse than either. Not one character playing as interesting as Onno, or Bourne, or Marie. The hunt and chase scenes never reach the level found with Bourne. There is enough there in terms of good actors and story content, so ultimate the producers and director are the main culprits. A pity, good and interesting stories converted to good movies are far in between as it is.

What a wonderful refreshing movie! Like a parallel world, larger than life, out of the mind of science fiction writers from ages past. Advanced "Atlantic" technology brought back from underneath the ocean, fully integrated into the late thirties. A world with the Industrial Age super-sized, where machines rule (or at least try to), in the absence of computers and such. Super-heroes coming to the rescue of whole continents, without capes and super-human strength: International Rescue from before the Space Age. A mingle of color and black & white, highly stylized acting too, completely out of the blue, and, a very welcome refreshment.

I wholeheartedly agree with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, when he writes:

"It's like a film that escaped from the imagination directly onto the screen, without having to pass through reality along the way."

I cannot wait to see more coming from the very creative minds of Kerry and Kirsten Conran.