Not sure why so many people are giving this a 9 or 10 and claiming it to be one of the best sci-fi movies ever.

Maybe part of it is that I just don't rate Ethan Hawke highly. I have read a bit of classic science fiction writing but had not come across the short story this was based on, however it was fairly obvious what was going to happen from early on in the movie and what the eventual plot twists were going to be.

My wife is of the opinion that the end goal wasn't the point but the journey, however even watching the movie with this mindset still provded me with a general feeling of "it could have been done a lot better". There is a Japanese movie "After School" that managed to subvert the viewer's expectations extremely well based on what we extrapolate from the scenes and what we accept as general cinematography, and these tricks could have been put to good use here. Alas, we end up with the film that we have here.

The highlight for me, however, is the use of filming locations around Melbourne notably the RMIT "Circular" building (corner of Swanston and. Victoria streets) being the home of the Space Corp, and the Melbourne University Old Law Quadrangle, when Jane leaves the etiquette lesson. I suspect the park where she gets left is something like the Treasury or Fitzroy gardens but not too sure there.