maryellenbench Ever since I saw this on UPN as a TV Movie, I've always found is really enjotable. It received a very limited VHS release, so I do have had a copy. The tagline was "Strike Back" in the original promos. This is a silly premise and executed very well. It's not meant to be too serious, but it's done well enough where it's enjoyed. Highly recommended for a movie to watch with the guys or yourself, if you enjoy movies that you can enjoy without them being too realistic, and just have fun with it.

tmkara This made for TV movie takes a large chunk of inspiration from Huxley's Brave New World - natural reproduction is replaced by cloning (and in the case of the dual protagonist, Adam, by "synthesis"). The new society strives to be utopian, but has a grim, dystopian side. The plot is unique, though, in that it deals with dark aspects of militant, lesbian feminism. Camille Paglia would appreciate this story! The most telling line in the film is where Adam says "violence is not genetic" (meaning actually, "not determined by gender"). Another intriguing aspect of the film's social commentary is its take on conspiracy theories and official truth, and how politics is politics no matter who is in charge. From the standpoint of cinematic excellence, this is clearly not Academy Award material. Of course, it was made for TV and presumably didn't have a large budget. I was surprised though, at the depth of ideas and the acting was good. Worth seeing.

screenman I found this to be a very engaging movie, premising a scenario in which men are practically driven into extinction by a genetically-engineered disease. Females have become sufficiently paranoid about men that their reintroduction is prohibited on the basis that they are the cause of all violence. Now, all children can be - and are - produced artificially, with a predetermined female gender. There is no domestic violence, no rape, no discrimination, no religion-induced misogyny. It's a daring concept and one likely to inflame a host of simmering sexual prejudices - more especially amongst males, I think (of which I am one).Into this world, a female scientist has illegally created an artificial male, genetically engineered to be nice. His reception is mixed.The movie touches upon the aforementioned prejudices about gender with a light hand, never becoming too seriously involved with 'issues' and just lets the story run its course. The bitterness of criticism in most of the commentaries is, I suspect, a measure of which those prejudices are inflamed. In that respect, it does its job, and deserves a wider audience.All sensible people know that violence is not something inherently entailed in maleness - as Darwin made clear nearly 150years ago. Yet the delusion continues to be propagated; as recently as the mid-1990's two (male) naturalists co-wrote a book called "Demonic Males" which attempted to be scientific, but was simply an advocacy that was quite preposterous in its misuse and misinterpretation of evidence.All technical issues are adequate; nothing stands out except the slightly audacious idea, which clearly arouses passions.

willywants During a war with Afghanistan, a weapon called the "Y-bomb" was used, which resulted in the deaths of 97% of the world's men. Feeling that they were better off without males, the women of Earth decided to outlaw men because they were too violent. 20 years later, scientist Hope Chase, fearing for the future of the species, conducts a cloning experiment to produce a new male of the species, whom she names Adam. When Adam reaches maturity, he soon finds himself on the run from the FBI, and hiding out with small rebel bands of the last remaining men. Between the bad science (A bomb designed to attack the Y Chromosome? what were the writers thinking?), the 2-D characters and the obvious low-budget, "The last man on planet earth" (Try saying that ten times fast!) falls to the floor like a porcelain doll and completely shatters. The premise is the worst thing about this film though--A bomb that only attacks the Y Chromosome? My God. The writer of this film obviously did no research into what he was doing. The film is completely predictable and features almost every cliché known to man--The shocking "Surprise" ending, the obvious forced relationship between the main characters, the cops searching for someone who's just "Misunderstood" (In this case a man), the tough Female cop who turns good in the end....Yup, it's all here, and the filmmakers seem to show a certain pride in what they were doing.Of the few saving graces are adequate performances (I was surprised to see Nancy Cartwright in this...what was SHE thinking?) and a hint of realism to the situation (like how the fact that a man killed a Woman dictator set off the hatred and proved her point).What a shame the absurd plot ruined any possible potential to rise above a mediocre made-for-TV effort and emerges as nothing more than just that: A mediocre, low-budget, made-for-TV effort. 2.5/10. (I give it the .5 because there were a few unintentionally amusing scenes which inspired a few chuckles).