Tris Spencer

No excessive CGI. NO Michael Bay-esque mega-explosions. No “Marvel-level movie magic.” No pushing the boundaries of cinematography. 2067 is an Australian film; it’s a timely, relevant drama executed at a *wonderfully* human scale. For me, it was more “speculative fiction” than “hard sci-fi.” The story does have its darkness, yes. It’s a darkness that will look familiar to many who have themselves run up against the wrong side of human nature. This is a different kind of “hero” movie, so it needed a different kind of lead actor. So Kodi Smit-McPhee worked for me. I accepted his portrayal of one of the last, oxygen-starved people living at the desperate edge of human extinction. Jeez, I would be crying too, considering everything that happens in the story. I’d have liked to know a bit more about the “synthetic oxygen” thing, because the corporate people seemed to have sufficient fresh air in their building… things that make you go hmmmmm. Anyway, I’m very glad I stuck with this film till the end. A touch of metaphysics too, at the end, to remind us that we are all connected to everything in this reality. Nothing too flaky; again, just an acknowledgement of this truth—again, at a heartfelt, human scale. I was happy with how it ended. If you liked “Avatar,” maybe you would like the theme of this movie too. Though the 2067 story never leaves our planet… it’s a time-travel movie, so the “when” is just as important as the “where.”