So there I was, launching my Netflix app on my Roku and what should appear in the main splash but "What Happened to Monday." Now I was a bit familiar with the movie because I check almost daily the latest trailers appearing on YouTube. So I did see the trailer a few weeks ago, but it really didn't register.
Anyway, since I had nothing better to do, I clicked on on the splash screen and started the movie.
Was I surprised! It was a very fun thriller with a lot of intense action. The setup takes about 20 minutes, but once it gets rolling the movie rarely lets up.
The plot is a bit far fetched. Basically, in the dystopian future, having siblings is outlawed. (Does it seem to be that one out of every three movies released these days involves a dystopian future, or is it just me?) A woman dies giving birth to septuplets and her father, ably played by Willem Dafoe, hides them from the government as they grow into adulthood. Since there are seven of them, Dafoe names them for a day of the week. Each gets a turn going into the outside world on the day of the week of their name. They have to play the same character, Karen Seppman, in their sojourns. Of course, one day things go to hell in a hand basket.
There is a great fight sequence in the siblings' apartment. Really brutal. I loved it.
Noomi Rapace plays all the septuplets (each named for a day of the week) à la Orphan Black, and she does handles the chore very well. I've been a fan of hers since her turn playing Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish movie versions of Stieg Larsson's "Girl" series of books.
Let's not forget Glenn Close playing the villain of the piece. She's great in anything she does, and she doesn't disappoint.
The ending is redolent of Minority Report, but that's OK.
As I mentioned before, the violence does have a bit of brutality to it, but I'm fine with that. This is a great way to spend a couple of hours.
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