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 ABLE
EDWARDS (Heretic
Films) 2004. 87 Minutes. Not rated. Experimental/Sci-Fi. In the
future, an uninhabitable Earth is forcing people to live on space colonies
that orbit the dead planet. To regain the fallen empire’s previous
glory, a group has cloned Able Edwards: a cross between Walt Disney and
Charles Foster Kane. And while the clone is Able Edwards, it has an
identity of its own and that’s where the problems occur.
Able Edwards boasts that it is the first film to be shot all on
greenscreen with just actors. I will give props that Able Edwards
is a return to some good old-fashioned science fiction instead of the
fluff that is usually forced down our throats. The backgrounds are weird
because a lot of them are still shots scanned from places like the public
library. Neat idea, kinda weird execution. In the end is it any good?
Well, yes and no. Did you like Citizen Kane? And if you did, did
you find yourself saying, “This would be cool if it had clones in it,”
then this is the flick for you. It follows Citizen Kane a little
too closely and in the process takes away from any originality it may have
had to begin with. It’ll be remembered as doing something first, but
just not as well as the ones that came after it. -Douglas A. Waltz
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