Code 46

2003

Action / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller

16
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 103 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 21539 21.5K

seattle, usa future shanghai, china insurance salesman dystopia seattle, washington

Please enable your VPΝ when downloading torrents

If you torrent without a VPΝ, your ISP can see that you're torrenting and may throttle your connection and get fined by legal action!

Get Hide VPΝ

Plot summary

In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria Gonzalez, the woman in charge of the forgeries. After a passionate affair, Gold returns home, having named a coworker as the culprit. But when one of Gonzalez's customers is found dead, Gold is sent back to Shanghai to complete the investigation.

Director

Michael Winterbottom Photo
Michael Winterbottom

Top cast

Benedict Wong Photo
Benedict Wong as Medic
Kristin Scott Thomas Photo
Kristin Scott Thomas as Williams's wife
Archie Panjabi Photo
Archie Panjabi as Check In
Tim Robbins Photo
Tim Robbins as William Geld
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
693.86 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 6
1.43 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by quillfiller 5 / 10

Xlnt moody shots, subtle and restrained FX but poor storyline.

First of all I was impressed by the moody shots of Shanghai and the other locations used. Almost had that Blade Runner feel for planting you in a believable future. So many films of this genre, and with massively higher budgets, often fail to achieve the lightness of touch shown here. Not the usual obviously nailed-on FX, but instead subtle and credible gizmos with the personalised touch, like Maria's cuckoo-call tone and graphics on her personal organiser that William uses when trying to find her. And the Esperanto-style combination of phrases everyone uses, from Spanish, French, Chinese etc could easily be envisaged in years to come.But what really let it down ultimately was the story. Just at the point where you wanted the narrative to move up a gear, instead it just hung there and became a bit self-indulgent. The actors made an excellent job of an often dull script. Maybe the writer couldn't think how to end it. A shame, as it was an opportunity squandered in my opinion.I got the feeling that Frank Cottrell Boyce, though coming up with some thought - provoking ideas in this film and having done excellent work elsewhere, possibly needed to have collaborated with another writer that could have injected some pace and fresh perspective just at the point the film ran out of steam. I'm a great fan of Michael Winterbottom's (especially on "Jude")evocative and atmospheric camera-work, but that alone couldn't salvage the film from ultimately being disappointing.
Reviewed by

Reviewed by lawbuntz 7 / 10

What an intelligent portrayal

I was blown away by the portrayal of a multicultural community of the future. Languages and races all melded together into one global culture. This film is so coy in displaying its intelligence.

Being an average linguist, I loved the usage of Spanish, arabic, mandarin and more mixed in with English. Enough to entice, little enough to avoid viewer confusion. The backdrops of the scenes looked so natural yet foreign.

I was surprised by the sensuality displayed in the latter part of the film...not being used to seeing Robbins in such scenes. the main actress carries a curious beauty and attractiveness throughout her performance.

I was slightly disturbed by the code 46 violation, but not enough to say that this was not a fascinating experience. 7/10

Read more IMDb reviews

2 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment