大気汚染、自然破壊……地下には毒素がたまり、海からは魚影が消えた地球。人類は死にゆく地球を守るため、なりふり構わぬ手段を尽くす「Ｓ．Ｄ（スペリオルドミナント）時代」に入った。樹立された「特殊政府体制」--それは完全な生命管理の社会であった。コンピューター管理社会の中で、整然と悩むことなく生きる人間達。その一方で、体制の中でつまはじきにされた、特殊な能力を持つ者たち「ミュウ」の存在があった。かれらは体制を揺らがせる存在として、見つかり次第抹殺された。彼らは政府の目から逃れ、息を潜めて考える。自分達は何者なのか。何のために存在するのか。地球システムの真意とは何なのか。自分達をひたすらに退ける人間達に、自分達の存在を認めてもらいたい。そして、故郷・地球の土を踏みしめたい……。その強い想いから、彼らの地球を目指す旅が始まる 。
Directed by his sister (Martha), Ralph Fiennes portrays the unfulfilled, philandering, "Onegin" who has just inherited a large estate from his uncle. Shortly after he arrives at his new stately pile, he meets his neighbour "Lensky" (Toby Stephens) and is also introduced to "Tatiana" (Liv Tyler). Now she falls a bit hook, line and sinker for him but he doesn't really reciprocate. His character seems incapable of deep thinking, or emotions or just about anything beyond the superficiality of his wealthy but empty existence. The thing is, that's about the height of this rather good looking but sterile drama. It's based on Pushkin's cleverly observational poem and it does look every inch the opulent and grand piece of cinema, but the characterisations here are remarkably under-developed and shallow and the plot dances all over the place as if it were doing the polka too. At times, it's as if I was watching through a thick pane of glass looking at something that has very little real about it. A fairy tale, almost. The film does present us with a glimpse of the almost feudal system that still prevailed in Czar Alexander's vast and contrasting Russia, with millions of people living in twig-built lean-tos whilst the brightly coloured palaces offered the wealthy and privileged an altogether different life, and it was good to see a few brief appearances from Irene Worth ("Princess Alina") but I felt by the end just as uninvolved in these characterisations as "Onegin" had been at the start. It's all just a bit too chilly.
