I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This film works desperately at attacking our consumer driven culture and does it in a hip-hop style by putting outrageous words in the mouths of politicians. These get repeated over and over to the point of irritation. Several times I wanted to turn it off but thought it had to get better. It doesn't. I don't know what all the scenes in Cuba were about unless it was to intercut their rationed lifestyle with our own excessive one but then there was the interview with the Cuban teenager who had nothing but admiration for the capitalism when she visited seems to negate all of that.A manic Mike Balmer whipping what looks like the entire staff of Microsoft into a frenzy of love for the company serves no purpose that I could see. So we're all drones? Yeah, so what now? We keep seeing a wooden hammer being driven into something, a long scene of boats been taken apart in India (for the salvage value of the steel) goes nowhere, nor do the grinning faces of the labourers working on these boats. Are they happier than the Microsoft labourers? I don't think so. The point being then?I was prepared to like this, being appalled by the gas guzzling, corporate shilling, polluting entities we have all become. But I couldn't. There just wasn't enough in this little bomb to sink the teeth into. I give it a 4 out of 10 for making me briefly reflect on Fidel and Cuba, which I have visited, and our mad North American consumerism and agreeing on this one thing, yes, it is all coming to an end.

There is virtually no 'substance' to this so-called documentary. I say so-called, because it doesn't actually document anything. What a wast of time: every scene is repeated at least 3 times. 15 minutes of the movie isn't in English and doesn't have subtitles. Only about 10 minutes of the film actually addresses its anti-capitalist theme. And none of that 10 minutes offers any facts or evidence, just the rantings of a single fringe radical author; 'we should tear up the highways' and 'starbucks is wiping out freedom.' It sorta felt like a cross between two very good documentaries (Koyaanisqatsi and The Corporation) that was somehow managed to be perfectly terrible.

Yet another in a new tradition of categorizing propaganda films as "documentaries" even though they blatantly turn a blind eye to any document or details that disprove their intended message. This film avoids any and all intelligent comments on the subject of consumerism and relies solely on leveraging emotional hot buttons. It is neither factual nor accurate, but what is far worse is that it pretends to be.With a running time of just under an hour, this could easily have been a fifteen minute film if all the repetition were removed. Repetition is one of the foundational tools of brainwashing, which makes this film all the more damaging. Hand selected and trimmed pieces of second hand footage are looped over and over to try and force the viewer into a trance so that direct access to the mind without having to bother working through the intellect can be achieved.Film makers such as this need to realize that if their point cannot be made in a straightforward and concise manner, without stealth and duplicity, then perhaps their point of view is not valid in the first place. It is hard to accept a message of "let's destroy society and return to the days of the cave man" when it is recorded and delivered on through one of the most technologically advanced mediums ever known on earth. It is important to note that I am not putting words into anybody's mouth here, the film makers repeatedly advocate the destruction of all technology so that mankind may return to the simplicity and hedonism of the cave man eras. Somehow a the destruction of property is not a form of violence and at the same time a return to savagery is also a non-violent plan of action.Avoid this film like the plague.

It was quite a good movie actually, very well put together visually. I would have liked to see more dialogue and maybe a bit more debate going down. Basically what it was a depiction of John Zerzan's claim for a huge dismantling project of consumerism and everything that goes with it. In a way Zerzan (who you can gather is an anarchist, or has anarchist tendencies) is a bit idealistic, he wants us to return to a hunter/gatherer society where everyone lives in peace and happiness.The doccy has images of loads of speeches (Bush after 9/11, mike Balmer (Microsoft), Blair, Fidel Castro, and loads of others). and includes one (my favourite) where bush goes: "We must not let the terrorists scare people... to the extent where they don't shop." it's brilliantly cut with music and other visuals.The movie has a bit of a music video feel to it, but that makes it even more "enjoyable", it makes it a bit more accessible to some people who don't really know about protests and wat-have-you. One memorable part was where you have the head of Adbusters speaking, and the visuals are all the hot shot corporates and presidents who are "synched" to his words, brilliantly done!Another striking thing was where you had Fidel Castro speaking, and he is going on about how Cubans are free and have true democracy and true choice and then they cut to a scene in a shop where there are only about 3 different kinds of shoes and how they ration food and this one chick who went to Europe who was blown away by the bright lights, big city and fast food.Then it swings back to Zerzan who goes justifies the use of violence at protests infused with images of protests outside G8 meetings. Visually, a brilliant movie, and although I don't agree with a few of Zerzan's means or ends, I do agree the problem(s) he highlights. Politically, also brilliant as it makes the problems easily accessible to the average person who might not know that much about stuff, while I never felt "oh yeah, I know that s***, yawn" even if you don't feel like checking it as a "message movie", the part where they interview sex doll manufacturers is quite funny.I'd definitely recommend surplus.