Metropia (2009)

• Year: 2009
• Released: 27 Nov 2009
• Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
• Adwords: 3 wins & 6 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985058/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Metropia
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/metropia
• Available in: 720p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: TV-14
• Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
• Runtime: 86 min
• Writer: Truls Andersen, Fredrik Edin, Martin Hultman
• Director: Tarik Saleh
• Cast: Vincent Gallo, Juliette Lewis, Udo Kier
• Keywords: dystopia, future, adult animation, mind control,

	6.2/10
	47/100
	50% – Critics
	56% – Audience

Metropia Storyline

A great man, Ivan Bahn creates an underground train system (Metro) that links all of Europe with the idea that openness and mobility are the solution to the worlds problems. Then he falls to his own weaknesses. Starting in the late 1990s, though a parent company, Trexx, all people are being watched though a camera in their television then in the recent past, a new technology has evolved, “organic computer chips”, which are introduced within a shampoo called Dangst and administered though the pores of the skin. These organic computer chips then create synapses to the subjects brain and using the subjects hair as antennae the human subjects brain is then directly linked to an AI surveillance and control mechanism and the human “handlers” that work there. It’s hopeless as AI soon will control all of human experience and actions…or is it? There’s one person, equally strong as Ivan Bahn and without his weakness “fear, sorrow, anger” that caused him to become corrupted. Will the hero fix things and bring Mr. Bahn’s initial intentions into fruition? This superb film is quite difficult to understand as much is not stated explicitly but is rendered to the viewer though a careful consideration of the characters motives and connecting the clues, right down to why a child’s toy of all things. Unsere “Rosebud” Vater…Sie verstehen…Wiedersehen mein Held. A “quality kill” if ever there was one.

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Metropia Movie Reviews

It looks like an entire movie made by Jib-Jab!

Most of you are familiar with Jib-Jab–the comedy site that uses WEIRD animations for greeting cards and comedy clips. It’s a very peculiar and distorted style you just have to see to understand. Well, with the film “Metropia”, it looks like someone used the Jib-Jab software to make a feature-length movie. So, you have a BIZARRE sort of CGI with strange, jerky animation–animation that is very, very gray and dark as well.

Trying to explain what I saw in “Metropia” is very, very difficult. The film is just plain weird and the plot is beyond words…but I’ll try. It’s set in a dystopic Europe in 2024. Everything is gray and muted…and oppressive. All the cities of Europe have become connected through their subways and everything seems dull and mirthless. The hero, or at least the main character, is a bald guy named Roger. He begins hearing voices in his head and you later learn that it’s caused by a shampoo marketed by some evil corporation. None of it makes the least bit of sense and it seems like a look inside the mind of a paranoid schizophrenic. He has some odd adventures and meets an odd woman who he’s not sure whether to trust or not–but he’s hypnotically drawn to her.

The film is filled with adult language and nudity. However, the nudity is among the least sexy nudity I’ve ever seen–practically as appealing as elderly porn! The people are distorted, strange and unattractive and seeing them nude is just icky. Because of this, you might want to think twice before showing this to your kids or mother!

As far as the overall product goes, it is an interesting experiment–but an unappealing one as well. The film is completely bereft of energy and fun and is an endurance contest to finish. Not pleasant but innovative…and creepy. This one has practically no commercial appeal and is just plain odd…

By the way, Stalingrad Station is in Paris, if you really care.

So they are real(?)

It’s a really great idea, the concept of the voices. And then taking it to another level. The animation might need a bit of time getting used to, but it does work excellent once you get into that mindset (no pun intended). You should be easily offended by nudity too, if you want to watch. There’s not much of it, but there is some, so be careful if you don’t like animated nudity then.

The concept should win you over, if you like conspiracies and it will satisfy them too. A really good sci-fi movie with a great voice cast (if you have the disc, watch the voice recording feature) and some nice overall ideas then.

A Major Disappointment

Dystopian tale of a man unwittingly picked to play a part in an attempt to bring down a giant corporation that controls Europe via an all encompassing subway and shampoo (don’t ask).

I saw this animated film on the pay per view of the Tribeca Film Festival. Actually I saw it three times to make sure that I wasn’t wrong in being disappointed (the film was picked by several publications as one of the films to see), unfortunately that’s four hours I’ll never get back.

I think much of the good word is based on the visuals, which are photo realistic characters that are based upon random people on the street. It makes for a unique look but the animation itself is a bit odd, it reminds me of the website Jib Jab.

The real problem here is the story. Its not only too slender for its brief running time, its also not interesting enough to warrant watching. Actually any story about giant evil corporations controlling us through their products has been done to death. If you are bringing that to the table you need to bring something better to the table beyond the addition of giving a source to the voices in our heads. Actually what really bothers me about the film is that the film seems to confuse darkness (this is a dark film) and silences for meaning and mystery.

Somehow I don’t think so.

A rental at best, though I’d think you should wait for cable.