Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "The Silent City" is a 7-minute science fiction short film from Ireland written and directed by Oscar nominee Ruairi Robinson. Interestingly enough, he switched from animation (that's what his Oscar nomination was for) to live action, but still stayed in the short film genre. I personally wasn't impressed by what I have seen from him so far, this one here probably even less than his Oscar-nominated short. It is really all style over substance acting as if this was something heroic, something significant, but this movie here has nothing to offer beyond decent special effects and costumes. A really forgettable watch that does not make me one bit more curious about Robinson's works. I do not recommend checking it out, especially unimpressive as he had been in film for a long time already when he shot this movie 10 years ago.

themonkey-4 The short doesn't say much but it would have been a grate trailer for a movie based on the comic "Gone with the Blastwave".The movie in itself is very beautifully done, and while it doesn't do anything new or unexpected it is still worth looking at. The movie does resemble Enemy at the Gates a fair bit only in a future setting.It's hard to say what overall point of the movie is it seams to joust throw together some different scenes to make something happen and while successful it fails to make you attached in any way to the characters.The costuming in this movie is also very well done, the suits do actually look like futuristic combats suits if you are not to picky but i am surprised why Cillian Murphy was not given a larger role thou he is rly good and yet does not like say a single word. =(

Stephane Gregory Dan I've seen this movie today for the first time and I never heard of it before, probably because of it's poor message. First of all, the directing itself is quite good, the actors played well and the CGI (I'm not a fan of CGI) is magnificent. But that alone doesn't make a movie. No story at all, no message behind beautiful exploited talents.Or do I have to make people remember, the art of a director is not only your vision but to know how to tell a story. And this is what's missing the whole 7 minutes.There for a simple 4 rating.

tonywebman Great short film! My complaint is the same as anyone else who has seen it... it's too short! I would love to see a full-length feature film based on the premise presented here. The marriage of computer graphics and live footage was done well. The acting, direction and story were very good based on what little was presented here. Although the whole "movie" was only about five minutes in length the atmosphere, character development and tension were bang-on (no pun intended). I don't know who is behind this short production but I hope this is a prelude to future developments.Good work!