Since the 1980s of the last century, sci-fi movies have just been promoted to the list of Hollywood Class A productions. During the first 10 years, "hybrid" works mixed with other types of elements also emerged. "Last Century Riot" is also a representative of this type of movie. Just like this "Last Century Riot" story, it is impossible to summarize this movie simply with labels. This "riot" expression is also a manifestation of a certain anxiety about the future at the turn of the epochs.
It is also in the kind of "turbulent chaos" that there are movies like "riots". Now watching "Last Century Riot" is more like an "underground pioneer movie." The avant-garde character modeling and the conceptual design of "memory fragments", as well as the story magnification of the wasteland chaos, are all used at the beginning of the global blockbuster.
The "uneasy" and "riot" sentiments about the future era conveyed by the film did not carry over to the subsequent global blockbusters. On the contrary, it will make fans or audiences who see "Last Century Riot" in the new century feel a fulfillment. The inexplicable feeling.
Director Catherine Bigelow still adheres to the creative theme of critical resistance in her subsequent works "The Hurt Locker" (2008), "The Hunt for Bin Laden" (2012) and even "Detroit" (2017), and both are the writers of the film. Cameron’s ex-husband, Cameron, has been "trapped" in the "Avatar" sequel for 10 years. The latest production "Battle Angel: Alita", despite the top special effects technology blessing, the empty expression is no different from the screenwriter of "Last Century Riot".
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