Random rental of cheap movies from the video shop, number three: THX 1138. George Lucas's first film, it's very much a rip-off of 1984 and Brave New World. It bears slightly more similarity to the setting of the role-playing game Paranoia than anything I've encountered before, with one major difference; Paranoia was fun.
THX 1138 is a very good title for the movie. It's meaningless, resembling a piece of shitty sci-fi jargon. If you want a movie about a bleak, controlled future, go with Brazil. Unless you want a really tedious movie where 'bleak' equates to 'white', and 'controlled' equates to 'white'. The only good thing about the movie is the end credits, which are thoughtfully placed at the very beginning, moving backwards, so you can stop watching right away.
The IMDB review by "M.A. Rogers" - which is on the front page for the movie at time of writing - is an excellent, accurate review.
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