Having dabbled in filmmaking myself, i will not make any disparaging comments about the 3d production of this movie. So, yes the animation is clunky and far from perfect, but what do you expect from an independent film with a low budget?The main issues i have with this movie are the silly plot and the characters, and the political propaganda embedded within, something that no amount of 3d effects and fancy production can fix. Let's start with the director, Tarik Saleh, a Swede of Egyptian descent,who may or may not be a practicing Muslim, but he certainly is of middle eastern descend and (for obvious reasons) a fan of multiculturalism.Why does this matter, you ask? Well let's run through the never- ending neoliberal and socialist stereotypes portrayed in this movie:01 - the white male protagonist and his voice are both portrayed as weaklings, indecisive, insecure and impotent losers. 02 - The white protagonist has a tattooed, useless, black girlfriend, a caricature of a woman, as if this was normal in Sweden.. so yes Swedish men.. it is perfectly normal to mix races, to think otherwise you would be a .. RACIST!!! LOL03 - Apparently in the future, those evil racist Swedes will run TV shows, where poor Muslim refugees have to compete to stay there.. oh yes, those poor big eyed refugees, so innocent and defenseless, one can only hope the future will be so kind because now, most of the Muslim "rapefugees" who have invaded Sweden thanks to the complicity of the Marxist neoliberal Swedish government, are too busy living on welfare, burning cars and throwing hand grenades converting parts of a once peaceful, low-crime country into Muslim- only infested, crime ridden ghettos. Poor critters.05 - The rest of the characters are just silly caricatures, including Asian military men, the evil white millionaire and the obligatory manipulative blonde white woman, because we all know that most white people are evil.06 - Capitalism and corporations are all evil, but no mention of the government of course, because we all know Sweden is a socialist country and i am sure Tarik didn't want to upset his multicultural masters.I won't go into details, but the plot of this movie is just so silly, that one has to wonder how this movie got made at all.. no wonder the voice acting on this stupid movie is so inane and lifeless.. as if the actors reading the script just could not believe the idiocy they were reciting.. i am sure they were just doing it for the money.

The film uses an animation technique not unlike a photographic quality South Park. That technique is visually interesting but eventually cripples the narrative because no one can move very fast or even effectively turn their heads. Everyone seems to be wearing a neck brace. And in the few "action" sequences, characters only shuffle a little more quickly than usual, like crabs rushing from the next wave.The dialog is particularly frustrating. The characters in this movie are determined not to convey any information with words. You might as well watch without the sound because no one is able to construct a complete sentence. The protagonist in particular stumbles over his words in a way that just gets tedious after a while.There are really no significant science fiction ideas either. The film ends where it began. It's a shame too because the performances are fine, and obviously a lot of work went into the animation. But there was nothing here for me. And since I put in my 2 hours, I'm compelled to tell others that it was wasted in my opinion.

I have watched this move on a hint, haven't expected it to be much, but in the end it turned out swell. The atmosphere created and the style of the movie is excellent. I have really enjoyed it, as it is not heavy, but more tranquil-food-for-thought kind of movie.The number of allegories in the movie is overwhelming, and there are many connections with how the society functions today.The low ratings for this movie are almost certainly there because of the complexity of the work, not because it is bad. Getting to IMDb it immediately reminded me about Aronofsky's Fountain, which had (and still has) sub par user rating compared to the quality of the work.I think that Metropia is worthwhile and enjoyable work, and can recommend it.

Before seeing this film I heard it was made with an innovative visual style, so challenging the technical aspects took a long time to create. But what struck me immediately when it began was how bad it looked. Those who called this visually impressive can't be serious, the film is simply ugly. At parts I feel like I'm watching a video game from the 90s. There is absolutely no depth in the picture, the movements are extremely slow and everything is overall so stiff. The characters are so lifeless it's like you are watching statues. But someone might say the technical is not all. I agree with that but the design is just as bad. The dystopian scenery has no originality, just the normal stuff in this kind of genre. If the houses and stuff are just the regular the design of the humans is kind of special but in a negative way. They look like statues made of clay. They've come somewhat close to the uncanny valley effect. The big heads and slow animation make them seem so lifeless it just gets worse. The voice acting is surprisingly weak, surprising because there are some usually good actors in the cast. But the voices are so wooden, it causes the characters to feel even more lifeless if possible. But maybe the dull acting is to blame on the directing and script, which brings me to the story. So the outside of the film is very poor but is there something on the inside then? The simple answer is no. I've already established that there can be zero development in the characters and the plot just maintains the low quality. The story is just stupid. Inspired by the 1984 kind of stuff but developed to something laughably dumb. Naturally it never gets the least interesting but it's also so ridiculous one feels embarrassed to be watching it. Who approved this story I cannot imagine. The story is not just dumb it's extremely thin, lacks in any substance and most twists are so poorly explained anyone pretty soon into the film realises most of it makes no sense. But it's so bad that one couldn't care less. Metropia must be one of the most boring films I've seen in years. If there is anything to be thankful about it's that the film is not that long but I still struggled to keep myself awake. To summarize Metropia is just plain rubbish. Visuals, technique, design, characters, story, everything fails completely. I did not like it to say the least 3/10.