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The visuals of this movie are breath taking. This is the only point on witch no other movie could ever compete with it. Except perhaps Renaissance, that I haven’t seen. I had seen the first trailer for this movie last year and was really wondering why they went to all the trouble to modify every single frame of the movie to give it this unique look. It’s only at about half the movie you see how practical these effects have become. The story is based in the near future were a new drug called Substance D creates a very high level of addiction. Keanu Reeves plays a double agent working for the narcotics police department as well as a supposedly involved in drug traffic. The movie is about addiction and how your life could be turned upside down by it. There is a nice twist to the movie and the first few minutes do not give it justice. I refer to that because the weekend of it’s released the first seven minutes were made available online. I had totally turned me off (bugs, hate them), this time around I sat down and decided to process it and see it through. It’s a bit lengthy and is not an action movie. It’s a candy for the eye and brings a lot of reflection to mind. However, I will only give A Scanner Darkly a 6 out 10, because it’s not one I would recommend to everyone. You need to think to really enjoy it, the eye candy alone was worth it. But I don’t think I’ll see it again until they’ve got it on TV… and that nothing else will be playing.