I woke up way too early this Saturday, and since I have no car and the kids were still snoozing I decided to watch a movie. I'll admit I only picked What Happened to Monday because the woman on the cover looked a lot like Kat Von D, and I wanted to see how bad it would be with her in it. Turns out it was not her, it's Noomi Rapace. She only looks like KVD on the cover art. In the film, she looks nothing like KVD. I had to google Noomi, I didn't recognize her, I also didn't really recognize anything on her IMDB. But, anyhow back to the movie.
What Happened to Monday is a dystopian thriller set in the future, 2073. A future in which the human race has decimated their food supply and is grossly overpopulated. A scientist comes up with a new way to create food, this Frankenstein food has some not so great side effects; birth defects, and multiple births. Nicolette Cayman a political figure played by Glenn Close creates the one child rule to ensure the safety of our future. The second child born is called a sibling (crazy unique I know). Siblings are sent to a cryogenic lab and frozen, to be thawed out sometime in the future when everything has been "fixed".
What Happened to Monday from 2053 -2073, it was bleak and gray, with no flying cars. The creators took a play from Minority Report and used hand controlled screens. Mirrors in the future will scan you and tell you how terrible you look in medical terms. Noomi plays the Settman Siblings. The Settman siblings are septuplets whose mother died during their birth, and their estranged Grandfather ends up raising them, in secret of course because of the one child rule. Grandpa names the septuplets after the days of the week since there are seven of them.
Grandpa raises Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in an old apartment. When they are around 10 he creates an identity for them Karen Settman. Since they are identical in every way the siblings each play Karen on their namesake day. They have special bracelets that track and record their day (everyone in this future has them). They have an end of day meetings to review what Karen did that day so that the next sibling isn't lost on their day to be Karen.
All seems fine and dandy until something happens to Monday, then shit hits the fans and gets crazy! Noomi Rapace is as talented as she is buff (and holy hell this lady is ripped). The effects needed to pull off one woman playing 7 characters is equally impressive. It was pretty seamless and my suspension of disbelief was not interrupted by any flubs, or apparent CGI or green screen. It was done really, really well.
There was so much action in this film, and the Settman siblings' ability to think on their toes in a crisis situation will make you want to be their best friend in case of an apocalypse. If you can't have them maybe make friends with Rapace because she looks like someone one that would totally come in handy.
Finding out what happened to Monday wasn't predictable either, there is a WTF moment, and it was grand.
What Happened to Monday is currently streaming on Netflix.
Noomi Rapace played the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo which I never read, but after seeing What Happened to Monday I think I will.
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| This is the cover art on my laptop Netflix, it looked even more like KVD on my big TV. |
What Happened to Monday is a dystopian thriller set in the future, 2073. A future in which the human race has decimated their food supply and is grossly overpopulated. A scientist comes up with a new way to create food, this Frankenstein food has some not so great side effects; birth defects, and multiple births. Nicolette Cayman a political figure played by Glenn Close creates the one child rule to ensure the safety of our future. The second child born is called a sibling (crazy unique I know). Siblings are sent to a cryogenic lab and frozen, to be thawed out sometime in the future when everything has been "fixed".
What Happened to Monday from 2053 -2073, it was bleak and gray, with no flying cars. The creators took a play from Minority Report and used hand controlled screens. Mirrors in the future will scan you and tell you how terrible you look in medical terms. Noomi plays the Settman Siblings. The Settman siblings are septuplets whose mother died during their birth, and their estranged Grandfather ends up raising them, in secret of course because of the one child rule. Grandpa names the septuplets after the days of the week since there are seven of them.
Grandpa raises Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in an old apartment. When they are around 10 he creates an identity for them Karen Settman. Since they are identical in every way the siblings each play Karen on their namesake day. They have special bracelets that track and record their day (everyone in this future has them). They have an end of day meetings to review what Karen did that day so that the next sibling isn't lost on their day to be Karen.
All seems fine and dandy until something happens to Monday, then shit hits the fans and gets crazy! Noomi Rapace is as talented as she is buff (and holy hell this lady is ripped). The effects needed to pull off one woman playing 7 characters is equally impressive. It was pretty seamless and my suspension of disbelief was not interrupted by any flubs, or apparent CGI or green screen. It was done really, really well.
There was so much action in this film, and the Settman siblings' ability to think on their toes in a crisis situation will make you want to be their best friend in case of an apocalypse. If you can't have them maybe make friends with Rapace because she looks like someone one that would totally come in handy.
Finding out what happened to Monday wasn't predictable either, there is a WTF moment, and it was grand.
What Happened to Monday is currently streaming on Netflix.
Noomi Rapace played the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo which I never read, but after seeing What Happened to Monday I think I will.
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