Australia · 2020
1h 54m
Director Seth Larney
Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten, Sana'a Shaik, Aaron Glenane
Genre Science Fiction, Thriller
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In the year 2067, Earth has been devastated by climate change and an ongoing nuclear war. When a lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey to face his deepest fears and save humankind from its greatest environmental crisis yet.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Barry Hertz
Despite the too-twisty story and drippy characters, Larney does extremely impressive work with a limited budget, creating an entire world (or two) as if he had the resources of a Marvel escapade, or at the very least a Terminator entry. It’s only a shame that his performers don’t quite match his aesthetic ingenuity, especially Smit-McPhee, who wails and garbles with grating abandon.
RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
The optimistic, twisting core of what 2067 is about will keep genre fans engaged even as the increasingly bad performances and frustrating writing pushes them away at the same time.
The result is a movie that seems unaware just how generic the should-be-distinguishing details of its earnest eco-cautionary tale have turned out.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Almost without fail, Larney's dramatic beats dispense with any build-up before arriving at their intended level of intensity, and the movie overall projects grandiosity without taking the time to make us care about the world being saved.
New York Post by Johnny Oleksinski
Most of this film is humorless and with not so much of a score as a subwoofer.
The Guardian by Luke Buckmaster
If all the money in the world is no guarantee of a good story, all the technical innovations – the dressing of sets, the creation of effects, the careful management of what is in and out of the frame – is of course no guarantee of one either.
A cautionary eco-parable wrapped in a seriously dull and myopic time-travel thriller, 2067 bogs down early on in questions of “fate” and “determinism,” and never tears itself free of that bog.
In the end, the timeliness of 2067’s premise is matched only by the clunkiness of its execution.
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