The Humanity Bureau

In the words of Damon Wayans, "Hated it". I've seen better acting at elementary school play. The script left much to be desired. The plot twists were not so expected. But they were kinda stupid. It left me with way too many questions. The way it ended, there could be a sequel...but lord I hope not

This is an old-school paranoia thriller, with just enough near future sci fi for fun. Think an Outer Limits episode. it is mostly well written, Cage and his main charges are quite decent in it, and the supporting cast (control room workers, the gas station attendant...) are good to excellent. Unlikely characters like the mountain man (and his clan) are, somehow, entirely believable. Sets and locations outside the big shiny city are very nice. The main sin it commits is thinking it's more than it is. A good example is right up front, and I suspect why a lot of people watched a few minutes then turned it off. There's a simply horrible visual effect of a drone that buzzes the car. For, no reason at all. It added nothing to the film, but was so badly done (poor quality shot, and the drone acts unlike a real one would or could) that it makes the movie look like a third rate 1990s video game. Secondary sins are overly bad baddies. This would have worked better if the agency he worked for was more bureaucratic, indeed even boring. Fewer empty concrete rooms, and more wood paneled conference rooms and worn out cubicle farms. Same for the whole city generally, especially as they drive old cars because (they say in the film) there are no new ones. Most specifically for bad guys, Hugh Dillon was way too arch, a caricature of himself, the very definition of scenery chewing. Even if restrained, bald eyepatch is a bit too on the nose for our hero's former best friend; he's just The Baddie, and it's too trite to be easily looked past. But overall quite decent. Not great. A bit too predictable-but so was "Time Enough at Last" and it's a classic!-and a bit too cheaply done but when looked at as a B movie, not bad at all.

I think Mr. Davis was expecting to much for some reason. I enjoyed the movie myself. This is a made for cable/DVD movie so based on that the writing was good and I wasn't board as the story unfolded.Just wanted to give my 2 cents since me and Mr. Davis came away with different opinion.

I can't say this is the worst film ever made because I haven't seen every film, I can't imagine there are many as bad as this, I had to rate and review because there seems to be a concerted attempt by interested parties to vote this film up, There are people giving it 10/10

I would call this a sleeper hit, it just hasn't happened yet and probably won't. I am one who does not expect nor do I want blockbuster hit smeared all over every movie I watch, it makes blue skies not so blue anymore, gotta take the bad with the good and even the mediocre and sometimes the almost great but wasn't. That's this one. And there nothing wrong with being almost great. It's still dam entertaining. The ending twists are great. Good future story line. Good plot, good to watch.

Buckle up for obvious twists, nonsensical character motivations, poorly choreographed action scenes and many unintentionally funny laugh out loud moments like little Timmy's singing recital. To be honest I don't think his name was Timmy but even though I just watched this I already forgot what the kid's name was; throughout the movie everyone often calls him, "the boy," which is fitting given his bland and generic performance. So yes, it's bad, all around bad, the script, the acting, the plot, but at this point what else would you be expecting from a Nicolas Cage movie. I saw his name and the silly sounding title, "The Humanity Bureau," and knew I would enjoy how sinfully sh*tty this film was going to be and it didn't disappoint. That being said I gave it a 6 because I did enjoy it and would probably watch it again with some friends for laughs, and I can't give a movie I would watch multiple times a poor rating.

The idea is brilliant - it is entirely possible that in the near or not-so-near future (the way things stand at this time) that there may be such a Humanity Bureau as an official government agency. This has been prophesied recently by other releases e.g. "What Happened to Wednesday". It does not warrant Nicolas Cage starring in such low-budget crap though. An absolute travesty and short of criminal. Cage is a good actor and mustn't be associated with rubbish like this. Vicellous Shannon is funny and should be given his own comedy show or something. The whole production team incl. scriptwriters and Rob King should either be given bigger budgets or not be allowed anywhere near film production. The film is not even watchable at the best of times and frankly, my 5-year-old can make a better film with an iPhone and a 10-year-old laptop. Don't waste your money or your time with this film.

"The Humanity Bureau" (R, 1:35) is a dystopian sci-fi action thriller directed by Rob W. King ("Hungry Hills") and written by Dave Schultz ("Considering Love and Magic"). The plot revolves around how the government deals with its population when climate change and other factors cause such harm that resources become scarce and the divide between the haves and have-nots becomes uncrossable. Noah Kross (Oscar winner Nicolas Cage) is an agent in The Humanity Bureau, a governmental organization which assesses whether people who live outside of the city walls are able to care for themselves and are being productive members of society or whether they should be resettled to a mysterious location called The New Eden. Although he is up for a promotion, Noah allows his personal feelings to influence his judgment when he takes pity on a single mother (Sarah Lind) and her young son (Jakob Davies) and goes on the run with them (trying to get to Canada) so they won't be sent away. "The Humanity Bureau" is even more ridiculous than it sounds. The set-up envisions a combination of science-based doomsday scenarios which are scientifically impossible - and the situation it sets up for society and government isn't much more plausible. What's more, the plot points seem random and silly, while the twists are either predictable, exasperating - or both. And the characters rarely behave, react or speak like rational people do. Regarding the acting, there is no weak link - all the actors are equally weak. The script tries to make some good points, but the messages it tries to deliver are wholly ineffective in such a mess of a movie. Oh, the humanity! "D"

No action, no characters, no chemistry, no plot, no.... nothing. Wish to say more but.... nothing to say actually. Absolutely useless, pointless, boring movie. Actors just spending time, you can actually see what they do not want to play at all. I honestly do not understand why in 21 century movie business still can't cancel dead project at very beginning phase.

Very sad to see Mr Cage who obviously are broke to accept to go this low. He is not even close to his former days and this is the last one I will see with his name on it. Movie in general is low budget and actors are doing terrible.