Eye opening

I was genuinely surprised as to how good this film was. The performances are generally nicely underplayed and the set pieces-abandoned London, motorways etc which must be hard to pull off were effective and convincing.

I was less convinced by the direction of the writing. The premise is not new, but having got us into a believeable distopian future, it looks as if they didn't really know where to take it. The obligatory,revelatory twist is disturbing, but not convincing. Nice to see Christopher Eccleston acting not gurning. Great characters, so-so plot, which given the subject matter is a pleasant surprise.

Also a reminder why I love this service-I missed this film when it came out and being too lazy to go through the ranks of rental DVDs at my nearest shop, clicked on this weeks ago and was delighted when it dropped through my letterbox.