Cloud Atlas (2012)

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Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Does anyone understand this film the first time round? Or at least the first half of the film until you realize the six different storylines actually intertwines. At first, it is awfully confusing with the same actors portraying very different characters in different time periods. Also, with so many characters I easily forget about some of them and what they were up to, with the jumping backwards of forwards between stories and timelines. It is an interesting concept, though, but a heck of a lot to digest. The actors does a brilliant job, especially Tom Hanks. The make-up and visual effects are incredible, the music awesome. I loved how the individual stories ended, although I must admit I did not see the one impacting the other, apart from the fact all the stories had the same theme: cry for freedom.

As the film contains so many genres, it really is difficult categorizing it. It is essentially a love story, comedy, drama, sci-fi, action adventure…