Code 46

2003

Action / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 52% · 102 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 21690 21.7K

seattle, usa future shanghai, china insurance salesman dystopia seattle, washington

Director

Michael Winterbottom Photo
Michael Winterbottom

Top cast

Benedict Wong Photo
Benedict Wong as Medic
Tim Robbins Photo
Tim Robbins as William Geld
Kristin Scott Thomas Photo
Kristin Scott Thomas as Williams's wife
Nabil Elouahabi Photo
Nabil Elouahabi as Vendor
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
693.86 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 3
1.43 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Turfseer 6 / 10

Prescient tale of medical-scientific tyranny effectively told but romance narrative proves plodding

Reviewed by quillfiller 5 / 10

Xlnt moody shots, subtle and restrained FX but poor storyline.

First of all I was impressed by the moody shots of Shanghai and the other locations used. Almost had that Blade Runner feel for planting you in a believable future. So many films of this genre, and with massively higher budgets, often fail to achieve the lightness of touch shown here. Not the usual obviously nailed-on FX, but instead subtle and credible gizmos with the personalised touch, like Maria's cuckoo-call tone and graphics on her personal organiser that William uses when trying to find her. And the Esperanto-style combination of phrases everyone uses, from Spanish, French, Chinese etc could easily be envisaged in years to come.But what really let it down ultimately was the story. Just at the point where you wanted the narrative to move up a gear, instead it just hung there and became a bit self-indulgent. The actors made an excellent job of an often dull script. Maybe the writer couldn't think how to end it. A shame, as it was an opportunity squandered in my opinion.I got the feeling that Frank Cottrell Boyce, though coming up with some thought - provoking ideas in this film and having done excellent work elsewhere, possibly needed to have collaborated with another writer that could have injected some pace and fresh perspective just at the point the film ran out of steam. I'm a great fan of Michael Winterbottom's (especially on "Jude")evocative and atmospheric camera-work, but that alone couldn't salvage the film from ultimately being disappointing.
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