Caprica
SCORE: 50
The remake of Battlestar Galactica was an interesting show for adults only. There were glimmers of hope here and there, but there were also a lot of issues with it. I had a sinking feeling that Caprica would continue some of the same themes. But we found it on Black Friday for just under two dollars so decided to give it a chance. Besides it never hurts to find more materials for reviews for the magazine.
Caprica starts shockingly. There is immediate nudity, blood, violence, gore, occult, and human sacrifice. Once the creators of this film have you completely de-sensitized they go about preaching their message. Which is just as bad if not worse than the superficial issues. Caprica tells the origins of the Cylons by showing two families. These two experience heart wrenching tragedy due to a bombing. What makes matters worse is one of their daughters knew the bomber.
The anti-Christian message is thick in Caprica. The pro technology message is also extremely apparent. Yes it does bring this civilization completely down. It is amazing that Caprica goes about attacking those that believe in one true God. It makes an irrational leap by making them terrorists willing to murder themselves and countless others.
Maybe I am looking at Caprica wrong. Maybe this movie is attacking Muslims. Since extremists in that religion are known to blow themselves and others up. For some reason that does not seem to fit with what and how Hollywood operates.
Caprica includes deleted scenes, video blogs, and commentary. The deleted scenes show some interesting additional aspects that were not included in the movie. Some of them bring up interesting questions that I hope the television show will answer.
The characters in Caprica are amazingly selfish. Even the ones who are supposedly following the one true God. They do create artificial life and artificial intelligence which is an interesting thing for them to do. Caprica contains racism (although it is planet based), murder, hate, theft, and all kinds of discrimination. In essence the worst kind of human behaviors.
I came away from Caprica pretty disappointed. This is by no way, shape or form a family friendly film. In fact only the strongest spiritual adults should even consider spending their time and money on this movie. This is a real shame because Caprica could have left a lot more to the imagination.
The bottom line is Caprica comes out of this review with an abysmal failing score. - Paul
Graphics: 20%
Sound: 50%
Replay/Extras: 66%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 45%
System: DVD
Publisher: Universal
Rating: ‘NR’ for Not Rated
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