I am guessing that I am not the target demographic for this film, but I'm not sure who would be. This movie was relentlessly bad. At first the photography/CGI of the future/alternate dystopia was notable. But then it descended into weird overkill, with huge, expensive statuary embedded in the wall of the city, with sailing ships (!) traveling overhead. It only came together for me at the end credits when it was noted that the movie had been made from a comic book. Oh. The plot, the direction, and most everything else was risible. With such bad material, it is difficult to critique acting. Bai Ling at least tried. The other actors either mailed it in, or were just overwhelmed by the putridity of the script. Make a point to miss this one.

The individuals in this movie are so depressing.The evil scientists are either horribly disfigured or old and ... dunno, evil? Even though they do less killing then the hero in this movie, you just know they are evil.The good girl is mainly good at killing.Her brother is addicted to alcohol and gambling, and is always getting his ass kicked. He is such a loser. In the end he gives in to the evil scientists and seals his fate in a fitting and rather unmemorable and sudden way.I can understand the girl wants to look after him, after all he's the only family she has but then again, she must be really determined to do that.There is also this loser scientist who is working on some weird device, for no reason at all because he doesn't have the original data. The evil scientists have those data. It just underscores to me what a loser he is, why the hell would you live in a poor apartment next to a killer girl and a drunk gambler. Oh right, I forgot, it's because it has the ability to provide a cure for all known diseases, well, so he says anyway.They live in a city that is always dark and decaying. You only see crooks and losers all the time. There is no humor in this movie.There is a fair amount of violence in the movie, but it servers the story, not the other way around.There is also a kind of love scene between the girl and the scientist. Loser - seeks - loser. Too bad he gets killed at the end of the movie, otherwise it would've been a perfect relation.The graphics are decent, although the rain is a bit exaggerated, but I suppose that was intentionally. De art is very Gothic, I like that.So it is a nice movie to watch when you're in a depressing mood - save it for one of those moments, do not watch it when you are in a happy mood because you will either miss the point of the movie, or you will lose your happy mood and that would be a shame.

Of course it does not need to be all exact to the science but already the first sentence is so riddled with ignorance that it ruins the whole film. Manipulating DNA blah, blah, transformation in seconds. Come on spending millions on those flicks, throw a 100 bucks to any first year biology student to get your science right. I got no problem with an absurdity. turn off gravity, do whatever you want as long as it tells a story and I will love it. However if you try to give it plausibility don't insult the viewers intelligence with pathetic pseudo scientific explanations, when a realistic one will do just as well and not hurt the story at all. The film is a classic B movie, with skinny chicks with guns running around shooting for some reason. Some effects, some music, no brains, no plot, no dialog, no story. Save you money on this one

It's really a shame, that the movie does not live up to what you might expect it to be. That is generally speaking of course and I'm also talking about the general view of it, here on IMDb. I wouldn't go as far as another reviewer went on here, but to be quite honest, there are too many flaws to overlook here.Bai Ling might be the best thing here ... on second thoughts, maybe the daring approach to the visual style might be the best thing. Bai Ling is either having problems with the language or the script. Maybe both. But she never convinces in her role, which is very pivotal, especially because she is trying to give that character back-story and emotions. Which quite frankly, never works.So visually quite nice, but on every other level, really not so good. As tastes go, you never know though, but I couldn't recommend this