the movie have good cinematography and some interesting back story hint and what might have become an interesting plot compete with child of man . sadly it be completely bungle and at the end of it you have a heartless action flick that make no sense whatsoever because the back story it be mean to be bolt on be not narrate at all . it be a great indicator if it take you half an hour to recognize that this be mean to play somewhere in the near future and contains sf element and be not just wacky james bond stuff . you have some confusing hint at a neochristian church try to gain credibility by publish an artificial jesus figure they grow in a lab and you have indication of third world war scenario where the use of all kind of weapon have leave most of the world in dire strait in which new york city have turn into an obscene city of decadence detach from the rest of the world and various group vie to take control of thing through messianic mean . if any of this would have be touch on at all this might have become a decent action flick with some think food give for free . sadly it seem to me like someone write a script with a vast back story and a director shot say script to best of his ability ( a say some of the cinematography be kind a cool ) and then it be give to some cutter with the demand to cut everything but the action scene . from the look of those the movie be not mean to be about the action scene because they be actually far and in between . sad thing a i kind of expect more of it but to me it look like it get hammer by someone not get the initial concept and just want a nice action romp ignore the complex ( and thus nonsensical if not explain properly ) subtext go on all around .