Megalopolis – Budget of $120 million – 2 hours and 18 minutes
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Architect Cesar Catilina is the chairman of the Design Authority and wants to use his invention, Megalon, to build a city called Megalopolis. Megalon is a bio-adaptive material that he believes is the future. However, Mayor Franklyn Cicero stands in Cesar’s way. He recently acquired the permits to build where Cesar wanted his innovative city. Cicero and Cesar confront each other during a press event. Cicero reminds Cesar that Cicero arrested Cesar for the murder of Cesar’s wife. But the jury acquitted Cesar. Cicero’s daughter, Julia, watches the face-off from afar. She grows tired of Cesar embarrassing her father. She wants to expose Cesar.
Cesar returns home and asks his mistress, reporter Wow Platinum, to stop watching her interview with Hamilton Crassus III, owner of Crassus National Bank. She professes her love for Cesar and wants to marry him to start the new phase of her life. However, he doesn’t share her sentiment. Ms. Wow must create a new plan and Hamilton is the key player.
Julia cons her way into Cesar’s office. She wants to retrieve a letter she mailed him earlier. He opens it and laughs at the juvenile depiction of himself. Julia and Cesar have a battle of wits. But she leaves him speechless when she confesses that she saw him stop time during a demolition. Julia is immune to Cesar’s powers, so he hires her as his assistant and shows her around his lab to see his vision. Later, Julia assures her father that working with Cesar will benefit him. Nevertheless, Cicero wants to keep an eye on his daughter and the womanizer.
Cesar’s cousin, Clodio, sits in the background with seething hatred for Cesar. He loves Julia, but she sees him as a friend. Clodio’s uncle, Hamilton, sees Clodio as a party boy and a disgrace to the family name. He won’t put Clodio in his will but funds Cesar’s ambitions. Clodio sees the displaced people hate Cesar and Cicero equally. Clodio decides to be a man of the people to gain their trust, become a politician, gain Hamilton’s respect, and end Cesar. Can Cesar complete his vision with enemies surrounding him?
This movie brings Rome into the third millennium of America. The characters wear futuristic togas and laurels while celebrating debauchery and virginity. However, this movie is 1 hour too long. And it gets weird by creating unnecessary visual effects. It tries too hard to be stunning and provocative but is confusing and disjointed. The cinematography is for the big screen, but the script is for streaming. This film feels like a play brought to the theaters. The actors did a masterful job with what the writer gave them. But they couldn’t save this film.
I give it 2.5 out of 5 stars
Time stop – Cesar
I like her – Fundi
You can scare people – Hamilton
You like scaring people – Wow
I will give you three days – Mayor Cicero
I am turning over a new leaf. Don’t mess with me – Julia
Julia. I love you, Julia – Clodio
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