Momentum Details

Momentum

MOMENTUM -- not be confused with MEMENTO -- is a throwback to flicks like SCANNERS and BLADE RUNNER, wherein a group of telepathic mutants is on the run from a hostile government. At moments, the film even plays like a bush-league X-MEN, as the leader of a wandering mutant colony threatens to create a slew of sleeper cells, then declare war and eventually take down mankind. This low-budget overseas effort, produced with a small handful of American actors and a boatload of Europeans, is watchable for some great physical stunts and a refreshing lack of CGI, which its budget clearly did not call for. Only the ending is a letdown, suggesting it was made with a sequel or TV series in mind. Teri Hatcher plays an FBI agent caught in the middle of this "war," and a badly aged Lou Gossett is a shadowy government villain. In case we don't "get" that Gossett is too old for the role, several characters are made to comment on this very fact.

Starring	Louis Gossett Jr., Teri Hatcher, Grayson McCouch, Michael Massee, Nicki Aycox, Nicki Aycox
Director	James Seale
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 28 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Special Interest
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2003 To Rent: DVD: not available