Credited cast: | |||
Noel Clarke | ... | Ryan | |
Ian Somerhalder | ... | Harkin Langham | |
Brian Cox | ... | Dr. Langham | |
Alexis Knapp | ... | Dana | |
Luke Hemsworth | ... | Agent Elkin | |
Niall Greig Fulton | ... | Leonid | |
Michael Bisping | ... | Sergio | |
Ali Cook | ... | Agent Travis | |
Art Parkinson | ... | Alex | |
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Reuben Dabrow | ... | Polska |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Erman Alexander | ... | Shanghai background |
Ermar Alexander | ... | Shanghai Background (as Erman Alexander) | |
Gordon Alexander | ... | Graveyard Thug | |
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Linn Allen | ... | Shanghai background |
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Paul Blackwell | ... | Futuristic NYPD officer |
Set in the future, the film is about the development of new cutting-edge bioweapon. Traumatized ex-soldier Ryan Reeve wakes up in the back of a moving van next to a young boy who has been kidnapped, he attempts to free the boy, but blacks out. He is forced to work out what is happening in bursts of time no longer than ten minutes, before his mind is taken over again. He teams up with the mysterious "Dana" as he battles a conspiracy known as "Anomaly" led by Harkin Langham, and learns that the bioweapon is the same mind control that has allowed its creator to take over his body.
The central idea of Anomaly is a familiar one to recent science fiction fans, as well as fans of the Jason Bourne series. That wouldn't particularly matter if The Anomaly had its own sense of identity or style. It does not.
The idea for films like this is to create a sense of mystery. Initially the film succeeds in doing this, but after some poor dialogue and clumsy info-dumps I suspect that most viewers will stop caring what the film is about. There is no sense of tension and, ironically, the ticking clock that the narrative needs is missing.
some of the performances are below par and The Anomaly feels like a vanity project for Noel Clarke, who casts himself as the hero and directs.