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Movie Review by The Gravedigger
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06.11.04
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Based on the novel by Aldous Huxley, is the tale of a modern world in which the elite citizens, called Alphas, strive for pleasure as the ultimate goal. A man and woman Alpha accidently crash their helicopter in a 'reservation', an area that still contains 'savage' humans, who live like they did before the new world order. A gang starts to attack them but they are rescued by a man named John Cooper. Cooper's mother was impregnated by a border guard years ago-and it turns out he is half Alpha. The couple takes the savage and his mother back to civilization. The mother quickly becomes addicted to pleasure pills, which puts her in a constant state of euphoria. John Cooper is at first amazed by all the sights and sounds but soon comes to realize there is no substance. No one reads, no one reads history. And everyone is born artificially, in test tubes, having no father or mother.Cooper's presence is covered by the media, who treats him like a novelty, up until the point where he escapes and is accidently killed. But he has affected the two people who had taken him in, making them realize that they haven't been 'feeling' everything they were meant to-and brings them to the realization that they deeply care for one another. The woman finds out she is pregnant, a definite no-no in this society-and escapes to the reservation. She's later joined by her companion, who chooses real emotions over the fake ones.
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Rating: 6.4 out of 10.0 - 8 votes cast total
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