Good special effects and an able cast breathe life into this gorefest set in the dreary dystopia of 2008 London. Rutger Hauer lets his bad-boy personna run wild as Harley Stone, an out-of-control cop subsisting on chocolate and heavily sugarred coffee, while Alastair Duncan, a familiar face to British audiences, adds comic relief as Stone's straight-laced, Oxford-educated partner Dick Durkin. UK native Kim Cattrall adds much-needed warmth to the story as Stone's girlfriend and widow of Stone's late partner.
Today the movie would be considered more social commentary, with the prologue specifically calling out the United States for its consistent opposition to U.N. efforts to counteract global warming, which, in the story, has left London under several inches of water.
Today the movie would be considered more social commentary, with the prologue specifically calling out the United States for its consistent opposition to U.N. efforts to counteract global warming, which, in the story, has left London under several inches of water.