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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 25407
Released: January 27, 2009 |
| Our Price: $8.25 |
| Used Price: $2.40 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
MICHELLE, A SEDUCTIVE YOUNG ASSASSIN WHO PREYS ON CORRUPT DNA HACKES, MUST RESCUE HER BROTHER FROM OLYMPIA'S SEEDY UNDERWORLD AS SHE FIGHTS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF MANKIND.
The Gene Generation Reviews:
Loved this movie, some people are too critical. 
2009-12-04 - If your a sci-fi fan, you'll like this one. It's fun. I feel people are being way too hard on this film. It's no masterpeice, but I liked it. Bai Ling is fantastic and super sexy. It's action packed. I liked it alot.
Awful. Just awful. So awful it was too awful for words. 
2009-07-27 - This movie was awful. I have read tons of cyberpunk books and seen the related films. I have seen Ghost in the Shell the movie and the TV show. I have seen Gattaca. I have seen Outland with Sean Connery. I have seen Solaris in the original and George Clooney version. I could name most of the Hong Kong action films of the 1990's and most of the sci-fi or anime films of the last 20 years.
But it doesn't matter. My credentials don't matter.
I found this listing purely to warn others. By any possible use of any human standard, or alien standard, this movie was awful. It was horrible! I mean that unbelievably awful incredibly bad. It was so bad, even beer didn't help. Bai Ling tried but it was hopeless. Do not buy, rent, or watch this movie. You will waste your money.
three and a half stars for bail ling.... 
2009-06-20 - she's the only reason why i watched this...her martial arts skills are ok...and she even a hotter chick...she's in most of the scenes and she makes this 2nd rate sci fi film worth watching....it can be gory at times, so beware; bai's got a hot body, and she doesn't mind showing it.....bai's probably the only woman a guy wouldn't mind getting his butt kicked by...he'd probably love it...don't expect shakespeare watching this, just entertainment...
Generates Little Excitement 
2009-06-17 - I have to admit that I agree with most reviews on this film; it's nothing to write home about,yet on the other hand it's not really that bad either and I can honestly say that I have seen much, much worse. Its problem lies where all films problems lie and that's with the script. It's absolutely inane, absurd and makes virtually no sense at all even within the world it attempts to create. The actors seem to be working hard with what they are given but there's only so much they can accomplish with this tripe. Bai Ling does her best--meaning she fills out her sexy costume and strips down for a couple of nude scenes, and Parry Shen (best known for his brilliant performance in BETTER LUCK TOMORROW) gives his all trying to make his role of the troublesome younger brother interesting. In the end however, everyone is defeated by Singaporean director Pearry Teo's adaptation of his own comic book. You'd think that with this much control over the end product Teo would have been able to produce more than this confused and confusing flick that serves only to make the viewer wish they were watching BLADERUNNER.
good characters, strong start, bland execution by the end
2009-06-11 - GENE GENERATION is an average film that valiantly strains to be more than average, but sadly it fails.
I was trapped by this movie in the first half hour or so. It was mesmerizing, the story was developing slowly, but I was just hooked. The characters were great, unfolding a story of a troubled relationship between a woman and her little brother who just couldn't get out of bad habits and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The whole DNA hacking main plot wasn't opened up yet, entirely, but I was waiting with anticipation.
And it fell. Right on its face. I didn't feel like anything opened up, and the ending just didn't set off the spark that the beginning had promised. My hopes were dashed, while my excitement had already wandered off some thirty or forty minutes prior anyway.
On top of that, the whole premise of the film, this crazy DNA Hacking concept, wasn't explored to anywhere near the potential such an idea could have been. It was glazed over quickly, pushed to the side to highlight our protaganist's Michelle's dilemmas. And yeah, she's a good character acted out wonderfully by Bai Ling, but I didn't decide to watch this film because of either of those things -- my curiosity was piqued by this whole DNA HACKER / DNA ASSASSIN deal. I feel a little cheated.
The imagery and style was done well, but by the end I wasn't wowed. It was like Bladerunner meets all the 90s cyberpunk films it inspired plus a digital media arts students profile work slammed together. Maybe I'm being a little harsh because of my disappointment in the film fizzling out, but unfortunately I don't feel inspired to re-watch it again anytime soon to decide which it is.
That being said, I would watch it again for the characters and the acting, just not anytime soon. Definitely worth the rental, more than well worth adding to your collection if you're like me and enjoy piling up DVDs of varying quality for the fun of it.
