Friday, March 2, 2018

What Happened to Monday (2017)

Director: Tommy Wirkola. Cast: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe. 123 min. UK/France/Belgium. Action/Sci-fi.

Perfect example of a great sci-fi concept ruined by a faulty screenplay. Noomi Rapace's talents are underemployed as the roles of seven identical sisters (hardly distinguishable, so why bother?), hunted down in an overpopulated dystopian future, where extra siblings are put to "cryo-sleep". And while the rapid pace and uncertainty about how many (or if any) of the sisters will be alive by the end are worthwhile nail-biting qualities ... major plot holes and flimsy dialogue (and the director's inability to catch them) work as constant annoyances. No wonder Netflix sent such an expensive production straight to streaming.

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