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PURCHASE THE DVD: Immortal (2004)

Based on a French comic book, this 2004 Sci-Fi is set in New York in 2095. Not unlike the Stargate series, a large pyramid floats above the city, and Egyptian gods oversee everything. The city is populated by people, mutants, androids, and everything in between, and not everyone gets along. One of the gods, Horus, spends a lot of time morphing in and out of humans.

There is a serial killer running amok, and a strange young woman with blue hair, whose internal organs are only three months old (although she's in her twenties or thirties) is arrested as a suspect, then released in the custody of a doctor who wants to study her. Charlotte Rampling is very good as the doctor.

Blue hair is played by Linda Hardy, a former Miss France, and she does a good job. The movie uses extensive CGI, for not only settings but even many of the characters. If you look closely, you can tell, but in many cases it's very difficult to be sure what's real and what isn't, which is the idea, I suppose. The whole movie (the people part, anyway) was shot in front of blue screen, and in some cases, live actors provided the body but the heads were then replaced with CGI. The movie is a French/Italian/English production, but has an English sound track.

You really need to be a Sci-Fi lover to appreciate this movie, and I am, so I enjoyed it a lot. Even if you hate the story, the special effects are worth the time to watch the movie.