Sorry, this movie sucks

Fresh and Exciting

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

At last, a believable post apocalyptic tale without endless CGI trying to cover up a lack of plot. Gripping and well paced, claustrophobic and tense, the performances are brilliant. It won't suit those who want endless blam blam action or schoolboy heroics. The music score greatly enhances the feel, but at times the sound has been mixed too loud for the dialogue. Would have been nice if there was some frozen Noah's Ark animals as well. Nevertheless, a great first card in the game. Congrats to all, including the editor. When I saw the really negative review I simply thought: 'this poor person is not very bright'.

When I think about the issue of global pollution and how it affects the future we are headed towards, AIR sets the scene almost perfectly. Sure the movie chooses a bio hazard to set the stage for an apocalypse we all know we are headed towards but the movie had so much potential and so much it could have said and stood for, during the 90 minutes it was given to send it's message. Great cast, great plot and a great setting that left me feeling a little wanting at the end of it.The movie starts off wonderfully with a setting of a post apocalyptic world where the air is too polluted for mankind to survive and the government forced to implement a program to save the seed of human civilization by sending it's most brilliant minds to hyper sleep to re-cultivate and repopulate a world left barren by the actions and negligence of the old world. The plot surrounds two engineers isolated in an abandoned missile silo to preserve and protect the future of mankind as they fight isolation and insanity to decide whether to do their job and protect humanity or to think for themselves and suppress their most basic instinct- the instinct to survive.The casting was, in my opinion "perfect" to tell a story that could have been very compelling if it spent it's money on quality writers to keep the audience on the edge of their seats as they watch humanity overcome their darkness to reach a climax that reflected our potential as a species.Instead we get an ending that fizzles into nothingness and left me with a sense of frustration at the time you wasted seeing this long and drawn out picture which you could have missed altogether. What disappointed me even further was to see Norman Reedus play a character so similar to his popular Walking Dead character that I'm left wondering if he has the potential to play anything other than what we have grown to appreciate and love. Truth be told, I hate the idea of him being type-caste by Hollywood. Djimon Hounsou was also another example of this project perhaps being rushed or not thought out enough as he doesn't get to showcase his acting talent, leaving us a character that is hardly worth remembering.All in all, the movie fails to live up to the potential it's concept promises. Perhaps with a better script, a bigger cast or even longer screen time, it could have been a movie worthy of praise.

Okay, so I bought this movie for three reasons. 1 - I liked the sound of synopsis, made it sound like the two guys had to save the world, etc. 2 - Norman Reedus was in it! 3 - From the Creator of the Walking Dead, how bad could it be? It was BAD. It took forever for the story to go anywhere, and please know that I am a writer and my sole purpose in watching movies is plot line. When you drag me into a movie with three hooks like that, I expect a lot more than I received. The ending was so abrupt, there was so much more they could have done. There were only three people throughout the entire movie, and while that makes sense with an end of the world type of story, it also doesn't make sense based on the way the synopsis made it sound.I won't add any spoilers because there will be people who will watch this anyway, but I will say this, watch it on TV or Netflix before you buy it. I feel like I just dug a hole and dumped my money in it by buying this before having the sense to watch it. It was truly a waste all around.Obviously this is my opinion. Others may not share it, but this is truly how I felt.

This is my first review on IMDb because today I got motivated to write one. All because this movie deserves a higher grade, but got low ratings from people expecting to see Star Wars or Star Trek when they heard that this is a SCIENCE fiction movie.So before I start:1. This is not Star Trek where small midgets run around with sharp ears and shoot among themselves with green and blue laser guns. So in other words, this movie is SCIENCE fiction. Star Trek is CHILDREN's fiction. 2. Thus said, probably the poor reviews came from people who were expecting to see a Star Trek movie.3. Surprisingly great acting from a guy who came from a very shallow show like The Walking Dead. If you want to watch a bunch of pointless running around, explosions, hot chicks on bikes with laser guns killing zombies while standing on one foot and throwing fire through her ears, then don't watch this movie.4. But you liked Moon, Interstellar, Sunshine, etc you will enjoy this. This is a very intelligent, well thought SCIENCE fiction thriller movie, and we need more of these.