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Different plot, different cars, same  actors, same result. Some nice cars, not enough racing, unnecessary extra scenes, but worth a rent, not a purchase.

End of the world movie with some religious undertones and some definite horror-like moments that build a lot of suspense.

I really enjoyed this movie.

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It was interesting to see the Director dance around the religious aspect. They built up the story throughout the movie until you really get  the feeling they wanted the ending  to be representative  of the biblical beginning of the Earth, but at every critical turn they switched back to a scientific, possibly Intelligent Design, explanation. The figures that follow them through the movie maintained a physical-looking form at their transformation but had an aura  around them that could be considered wings, as if angels. His dad as a pastor and he as a lost son was complimentary, but you can’t really expect an astrophysicist at MIT to believe in a higher power so it fit in. The single tree on the hill at the end could have been indicative of the tree at the Garden of Eden. But as was mentioned in the film, it could all be that the mind sees what it wants to see.

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USA Title "The Code"

Interesting cops and robbers movie with a good plot, twists and turns for an ending, but relatively low budget. It was released direct-to-DVD in the US and probably appropriately so. It involves Morgan Freeman in an atypical role. It was worth the cost of the rental, but I’m glad I didn’t buy it.

Brief opinion: It’s like watching a 141 minute Dateline special. I’m glad I had other things to do at the same time.