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This was raw, visceral stuff, for which we have writer/director Eva Vives to thank.

The first half is genuinely nasty, the second degenerates into bloody lunacy.

The humour is fast, the car chases hairy, the characters way wicked, the venues seedy, the fun accident prone, the sex tantric and the chance of living until tomorrow slim.

While Hereafter is at times thought-provoking in its own way, it lacks the sense of friction and urgency that have made his previous works such must-watch masterpieces.

What's remarkable about Crowe's cinematic high-point is how he achieves conventional things in unconventional ways.

There are so many sub-plots jostling for position that some are ditched almost before they appear.

The late 21st century moonscape resembles Las Vegas in a bubble and the hoods behave like they've never left straight-to-video.

The story is told with compassion, simplicity and (dare I say it?) love.

Writer/director Andrew Niccol makes his point with the subtlety of a Vin Diesel chat up line.

None of the subplots follow through. Ideas hang on hooks, waiting for collection.