Not too bad and not so ridiculously complicated you can't enjoy the film moment by moment. Damon is New York's 'bad boy' politician running for senate when he accidentally meets Blount on a bus. Soon strange men start appearing and things change---and not for the good of budding romance either.
Pretty soon Damon meets the guys in the hats and learns he's accidentally of course with his life as planned by the 'chairman'. He is told he needs to forget about her because they both have bigger fish to fry and their union will make them foil each other's potential. Damon, being a hard-headed fellow won't accept that answer and charges ahead. This necessitates the call for 'The Hammer' or heavy-hitter Terrence Stamp to put the last wet blanket on this love affair.
Twists and turns abound and not everybody is on the same page--not even Damon's assigned agent. Nice use of special effects (not too many) and a very familiar feel to the action via "Inception".
Good way to kill some time on an afternoon.
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Topic - "The Adjustment Bureau": Dumbed-down Inception with Love . . . - mr grits 17:09:45 03/04/11 (16)
- I liked the beginning and the end, so it's a good movie right? - PhilJ 13:44:55 03/07/11 (0)
- Saw it yesterday and enjoyed it. Matt Damon sort of can do no wrong... - jeffreybehr 10:02:28 03/07/11 (0)
- Just saw it and... - mkuller 17:07:15 03/06/11 (6)
- Terrence almost stole the show for me. * - mr grits 10:29:47 03/07/11 (5)
- Did you see... - mkuller 10:54:17 03/07/11 (4)
- Stamp's best film? "The Collector." Second, "Billy Budd." And then, a very tough film to find, - tinear 11:40:01 03/08/11 (2)
- The Collector... - mkuller 11:59:20 03/08/11 (0)
- Oops. "Night Must Fall," was the young Al Finney. 45 years of memory loss.... nt - tinear 11:41:46 03/08/11 (0)
- the Limey is good so is The Hit with Tim Roth and John Hurt as well - PhilJ 13:48:58 03/07/11 (0)
- More cohesive than Inception based on a great story by Phillip K. Dick. - Audiophilander 22:14:09 03/05/11 (0)
- Why is every Damon film predicated on an idiotic anti-authoritarian conspiracy theory? - Jazz Inmate 09:38:58 03/05/11 (2)
- Because Damon has the brains to know conspiracies are real - barryb 07:32:54 03/06/11 (0)
- Because those are the Damon films that make money... - eppis1 11:49:56 03/05/11 (0)
- Good God, THIS film was tripe. Dumbed down Inception? No. NOWHERE near as entertaining. Thin men in suits that - tinear 08:14:35 03/05/11 (2)
- Sorry tin, but I have to disagree with you completely on this one. - Audiophilander 22:37:05 03/05/11 (1)
- Glad to hear that. Looking forward to it. (nt) - reelsmith. 15:16:23 03/06/11 (0)