Code 46

Code 46 (2004): Here is an “A” SiFi movie that deserves a watching. Beautifully filmed with an interesting score, it stars academy award winning Tim Robbins as an insurance investigator in a not too distant future. The world looks much the same as today but is quite different when you take a closer look. While a love story on the surface, the film postulates about some of the consequences that might arise from breakthroughs in genetic research and communication technology. There are also questions about the growth and power of large corporations and big government, but these are subtly interjected and you are not bludgeoned by it as in many less effective movies. In this vision of the future, most populations seem to have merged into a multiethnic society while many others are still outside this technological based life. The technology comes at a price and the question asked is, “Are you willing to pay?”

The movie makes use of poly-lingual slang and several newly created words that have to be figured out before you can understand the meaning of everything. This may put off some people since it can be a bit confusing as to what is going on at times. However, if you don’t mind thinking a bit, this may be an interesting rent. Many scenes of this movie look and feel like the classic Blade Runner, another excellent SiFi flick (though Code 46 has a much lower budget). The movie is rated R for: brief nudity, rampant adultery, technical incest, good genes, nice jeans, nice clones, genetic viruses, prescience, and for multiple violations of Code 46.