The Adjustment Bureau DVD
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Terrence Stamp
Director: George Nolfi
Rating: 4.5/5
Philip K.Dick is one of the most adapted writers on the big screen and The Adjustment Bureau is just another of his works that has been made into a movie.
Do we control out destiny? Are we the designers of our own fate? Or is life already mapped out for us? These are just some of the questions that George Nolfi's The Adjustment Bureau tackles.
On the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, ambitious politician David Norris (Damon) meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt)--a woman like none he's ever known. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men conspire to keep the two apart.
David learns he is up against the agents of Fate itself, the men of The Adjustment Bureau, who will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together.
In the face of overwhelming odds, he must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.
Let's get one thing straight this movie is not a cross between Bourne and Inception - I have never seen a movie so mis-marketed in all my life; this is a love story, a bond so great that they are willing to risk everything for each other.
Ok so you have to buy into the idea behind the movie then you really will enjoy it as it is a well thought out, emotional and fast paced movie.
The driving force behind the film is the central relationship between the two characters - Damon and Blunt really do have some great chemistry.
It's there relationship and their willingness to go against the 'plan' for one another that makes the story work.
The pair banter well together throughout the film and there is a genuine connection between the pair that never seems fake or forced.
You find yourself rooting for them, to succeed and be together against all the odds - always a good sign that an on screen relationship works.
Ok so the adjustment bureau themselves are not well rounded as characters and Nolfi never really answer the question as to who they are.
But that is actually a good thing as it allows the audience to ask their own questions as well as find their own answers.
The Adjustment Bureau is a new take on the romance movie and the sci-fi element is something, I feel, works incredibly well.
Is is fate? Is it destiny? Or is heaven intervening? Well that is the question that you are left to ponder.
Ok so the ending is perhaps a little bit on an anti-climax but all the same this is a compelling movie with a real human story at it's heart.
The Adjustment Bureau is out now on DVD & Blu-Ray
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