The
Anomaly
*
Dir: Noel Clarke. With: Noel Clarke, Ian
Somerhalder, Alexis Knapp, Brian Cox. 97 mins. Cert: 15
The Noel Clarke
oeuvre continues to expand in ambition, without demonstrating much by way of
basic competency. Armed with American guest stars and CGI, this one blunders
down the Memento-Looper-Quantum Leap
route, as a microchipped Clarke awakens in multiple realities and tries to
figure out what connects a nefarious biotech firm to the Russian mob. Our
hero’s clueless expression comes naturally; elsewhere, narrative clarity
matters less to Clarke than squeezing more naked ladies and product placement
into shot, and even the trailer-eyeing slo-mo punch-ups look terribly like a
post-production fudge designed to usher us past fundamentally unconvincing
staging. He’ll doubtless keep trying.
The Anomaly opens in selected cinemas from today.
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