Revealing mistake: At the beginning as Noah's vehicle is reaching the edge of New America, there is a shot of a drone swooping down over a hill to follow him. As the drone comes onto screen, there is dust and debris animated to come up at the camera as it blows around its environment. However this small bit of superimposed bad special effects is the only thing it seems to affect. It swoops down right next to some tall dead grass and other plants, on a dusty hill. But not one item of the real environment is blown or even moves in the slightest from this drone passing by it from inches away. (00:01:30)
The Humanity Bureau (2017)
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Directed by: Rob W. King
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Hugh Dillon, Sarah Lind, Jakob Davies
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I rented this from Red Box.
Honestly, I love Nicolas Cage, he's like my second favorite actor, only topped by Jackie Chan. And it's sad to see how his career has turned with all these low budget movies he's been doing, averaging about 6 a year. With the rumors of his financial trouble where he can't say no to a script. But gotta give him props for bringing his A game in each of these films. And most of the time, he's easily the best part. I like to rent these direct to video and low level theatrical release films that he's in that I see in Red Box. Often times they are actually pretty good, especially with what he brings to the table...
Humanity Bureau on the other hand... is not a good movie. The acting, aside from Cage, is terrible. Especially the kid who plays Lucas. The dialog is choppy, and clunky, and the writing feels like it was still just a rough draft and went to shooting.
So what's the story? Well it's a dystopian future where the world has gone to hell because of the pollution and shit, And so the US has set up this thing called New Eden where they deport people not being productive enough to society. The Agency that runs these operations is the Humanity Bureau, and Nick Cage plays the character Noah Kross who is one of these agents. But after bonding with a family that he's needing to deport, he discovers the terrible truth about New Eden actually being a death camp not unlike the Nazi crematoriums. So he takes it upon himself to betray the Bureau, rescue this woman and child, and head north for Canada with his truth so he can get it out there and start a revolution.
Sounds like a decent idea... but the movie is just made terribly. The villain is a cardboard cut out, the supporting characters can't act... and the ending of the film is just bland and bad.
The only thing this movie has going for it is the idea behind the story is interesting, an Cage's acting is top notch. So I'd stay away from this one.
I give this movie a 2 out of 5.
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Mistake Status: Skimmed while rented. May buy all Nick Cage movies in the future to go back to.
More mistakes in The Humanity Bureau
Noah Kross: The unlicensed sale of clean water is a felony. (00:04:05)
Trivia: In the final scenes of the film, Noah Kross, played by Nicolas Cage, is wearing a mechanic's jacket. On the badge on his jacket is the name "Ray." Coincidentally, in his very next film called Looking Glass, Nicolas Cage plays a character named Ray. (01:21:55)
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