It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Intriguing, so I stayed with it, but pretty much unintelligible storyline interspersed with slightly lame fight sequences. By the end, you might think, was it worth staying with? Noel Clarke the actor can't complain, cos he directed and co wrote it.

Basically,a good idea spoilt by lacklustre acting and a plot that was kind of all over the place

What on earth happened in the end? And do these people know that a minute has only 60 seconds and not like 600? The minutes in this movie beat those of microwave, bakers and gym equipments. The real-life lessons: Don't owe money to people. Don't try to be a perfectionist. So not want deep or brain picking lessons in this movie that one could reflect on.Plausibility: very low. How can two people only create all this technology and have this advanced plan that seems to work well until you know the hero of the movie destroys it. Two people alone are not plausible, the movie should have shown the team, the crew, the supporters of whatever to make it more believable. Chatter analysis, development and depth: no character is deep enough. Some reasons for their behaviour are presented but they are not articulated enough to make us care about those reasons or at least understand them. Acting: why?!, why did they give Noel Clarke the leading role? I can't remember having seen worse acting in a very very long time. He is juts so antipathetical. He doesn't make you care about him at all. Ian Somerhalder was great but I must say seeing him in the role of the villain is a bit cliché and since he has done that (the role) for a very long time, his acting can't be called impressive. Plot/ Storytelling: I think the storyline is presented quite smartly. You don't know what is happening just like Ryan doesn't and with every episode you learn a bit more just like Ryan does. I liked this way of telling the story. What I did not like was the ending. Like when by chance in the last 10 seconds they discover the doctor so that they can kill him and get the hero ending. The fighting scenes.Oh dear. Worst fighting scenes I have ever seen in a movie. All the slowing for very unimpressive moves. They were just bad.

If only Noel Clarke had waited a little longer. If he had waited longer then he could have fixed the script and/or got a bigger studio to back him. This would have put this movie into the big leagues - a British Minority Report if you will.Noel Clarke plays Ryan, a PTSD soldier who wakes up in a mysterious place not knowing how he got there. He continues to black out, only becoming himself for a period of ten minutes. It turns out he's being controlled by another personality that has taken over his body and soon learns that the one controlling him has a dangerous objective.This is a great concept, almost like a Memento with the way the narrative flows. The way the story unfolds is intriguing and has you wanting to discover what's going on as much as our protagonist.However there are draw backs which is what I think is what has led to it's low score. The characters aren't very engaging to start. Clarke has proved to be a great actor but he's given himself little to work with here. The B grade villains and weird as hell cops don't help either. Ian Somerhalder is the only one who exerts any form of charisma and is given brief moments to truly shine. Others, however, fall flat.Another thing that bogs the script down is the number of frankly unbelievable plot contrivances. Some characters will make huge logic leaps to further the plot, while other times what our protagonist wants is simply handed to him on a silver plate. I suspect that this may be due to a low budget though which sadly makes the visual FX less than impressive.Another awkward part is the numerous fight scenes. Clarke is many things but he is not a martial artist and it shows quite a bit. The choreography is the standard Bourne rip off filler and it isn't executed very well. Rather than letting it play out in an intense way, the editor opted to constantly speed ramp parts from fast to slow which can look flashy but when it's in every fight scene it gets tiresome. This film could have been great, with more time taken on the script and a Luc Besson type director to give the overall film more of a personality. Perhaps this is a rare instance where more money would have helped a lot.As it is, The Anomaly is an interesting watch, but ultimately a bit forgettable which is a shame with such a good idea.