Metropia

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Preview of Stellan and Alexander Skarsgard in Metropia.
Metropia takes place in a not-so-distant future. The world is running out of oil and the undergrounds have been connected into a gigantic subway network beneath Europe.

Whenever Roger from Stockholm (Vincent Gallo) enters this system he hears a stranger’s voice in his head. He looks to the mysterious Nina (Juliette Lewis) to help him escape the disturbing web of the Metro, but the farther they travel, the deeper he’s involved in a dark conspiracy.

The film premiered on September 3rd at the Venice Film Festival.

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A Review:
Look is right but story falters in "Metropia"
By Natasha Senjanovic

VENICE (Hollywood Reporter) - Roger (voiced by Vincent Gallo) works a squalid job and lives in a squalid apartment in Sweden in 2024, when oil has run out and an elaborate subway system links the European continent. The future looks bleak in "Metropia," the computer-animated sci-fi feature by Tarik Saleh that screened at the Venice Film Festival.

The film starts promisingly. The animation technique is a highly stylized reworking of photographs, mostly of people from the streets, with the exception of one "actor," Alexander Skarsgard, whose character is based on his face. The colors are mostly gray tones with the sharp, disturbing animation that works well for a thriller. But "Metropia" is weighed down by a convoluted plot.

The subway, along with most of society, is owned by the nefarious Trexx Corp. Its head, Ivan Bahn (Udo Kier, whose very voice inspires chills), has developed a novel way to control people's thoughts and lives. One day, Roger hears a voice in his head that at first tries to convince him it is his conscience. But it turns out to be Stefan (Skarsgard), who is somehow connected to the mysterious Nina (Juliette Lewis), Roger's dream woman (and the face of a popular dandruff shampoo brand), whom he stumbled upon in the metro.

Stefan is one of the many who monitor the "normal" people through microchips ingeniously planted in their brains. Roger finds out how and why through Nina, who has her own secret plans and needs him to carry them out.

The problems in this ambitious four-year project lie in the screenplay. Characters' actions make little sense. They are easily distracted from earth-shattering revelations or dangers and do not seem very motivated to save their own lives. In the climax, Bahn's trained henchmen simply look on as Roger runs.

Rather than being tongue-in-cheek, the story and its protagonists in such moments seem to be in earnest. So the suspense suffers. Further at odds with the story is the fact that the main characters are voiced by American actors yet live in Scandinavia.

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The film starts promisingly. The animation technique is a highly stylized reworking of photographs, mostly of people from the streets, with the exception of one "actor," Alexander Skarsgard, whose character is based on his face. The colors are mostly gray tones with the sharp, disturbing animation that works well for a thriller. But "Metropia" is weighed down by a convoluted plot.

source: here

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Trailer for Metropia

[jhd]

I can't tell if that second link in shootingstar's post is spoilery or not, but I don't like how I think the scene is going to end.

And the character Alex's is talking to looks so much like Chris Bauer, only eviler.