'THX-1138' is a film of admirable qualities. Sublime, not over done and just compelling enough to be memorable. The chase sequence, for a low budget film, is brilliant. Getting top actors like Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence also helps a great deal.
As a futuristic film, Orwellian in its presentation, Lucas tries to show what might be one day so we can strive to avoid it. With gaps growing between rich and poor, global terrorism and the misguided wars launched to exterminate them, along with skyrocketing cases of AIDS and global poverty, 'THX-1138' might not be the eventual fate of the future but a road similar to it looks like it might be in the process of being paved.
As a futuristic film, Orwellian in its presentation, Lucas tries to show what might be one day so we can strive to avoid it. With gaps growing between rich and poor, global terrorism and the misguided wars launched to exterminate them, along with skyrocketing cases of AIDS and global poverty, 'THX-1138' might not be the eventual fate of the future but a road similar to it looks like it might be in the process of being paved.