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In Theaters Now
- 2025
- PG-13
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 27 m
- 2025
- PG-13
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 27 m
Summary In an alternate present where genetic enhancements have become the norm, those who cannot take advantage are pushed into the underground. It’s up to a few brave souls to level the playing field for everyone, but every revolution has its cost.
Directed By: Timo Vuorensola
Written By: Timo Vuorensola
In Theaters Now
- 2025
- PG-13
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 27 m
- 2025
- PG-13
- Well Go USA Entertainment
- 1 h 27 m
Altered
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Summary In an alternate present where genetic enhancements have become the norm, those who cannot take advantage are pushed into the underground. It’s up to a few brave souls to level the playing field for everyone, but every revolution has its cost.
Directed By: Timo Vuorensola
Written By: Timo Vuorensola
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings
3.6
20% Positive
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40% Mixed
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2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings
3.6
20% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
40% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
40% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Nov 21, 2025
"Altered" is a watered-down sci-fi clunker that borrows liberally from much better films. It gets my vote for the silliest movie of the year. Granted, the extreme silliness is intermittently amusing. Mostly, though, it’s just wearying. Writer/director Timo Vuorensola (Iron Sky) is trying to engage in epic storytelling and massive world-building. Take off the end credits and the picture runs a mere 79 minutes, which is far too little time to accomplish those tasks and Tom Felton is given nothing of substance. The setting is a futuristic society where genetically enhanced humans enjoy the best life has to offer, leaving everyone else broke and miserable. In other words, it’s an Elysium ripoff. Wheelchair-bound scientist Leon (Tom Felton) and his young cohort Chloe (Elizaveta Bugulova) have a plan to even out the playing field. I’m not sure I can accurately describe the jumbled plot, but it entails stealing a McGuffin with magical properties, a crooked politician, and a special “flower power” suit that allows Leon to walk and shoot out darts, gasses, etc. A major issue with the movie is that it randomly throws in a new element every few minutes. This leaves viewers scrambling to make sense of how those elements fit into the ones already introduced. World-building requires a vision. It depends on logic that the audience can follow. Altered has none of that. The individual pieces do not fit together with anything remotely resembling coherence. Scene after scene feels arbitrary, as though Vuorensola had a list of stuff he wanted to include yet didn’t know how to assemble the items on that list. Suspense is therefore nullified, so there’s nothing left to do except stare at the screen in pure disbelief. The production values are surprisingly decent, with elaborate sets and a flurry (i.e. an overload) of CGI effects. Visual flourishes cannot elevate the shoddy acting that further drags the film down. Felton doesn’t have the gravitas to make his part work. Not for a second is he believable in the role. Bugulova is even worse. The Russian actress appears to have learned all her dialogue phonetically, leading to line deliveries that are either absurdly over-the-top or inappropriate to the tone of the scene. Aside from the plot being impossible to follow, "Altered" suffers from gaps in logic big enough to drive a tank through. For example, if Leon and Chloe are poor, how are they able to afford a huge warehouse filled with high-tech computer equipment? Don’t expect answers to that or any of the myriad other questions raised by this ineptly-made movie. A few instances of unintentional hilarity aren’t enough to compensate for the overwhelming tedium.
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Nov 23, 2025
Unwatchable due to the extremely low level of acting by so many of the cast! The storyline is poor as is the direction. I couldn't even get to the end of the film. Awful! Avoid!
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Production Company
- Art Galaxy
- Splendid Entertainment
- Studio Atlantic
- Well Go USA Entertainment
Release Date Nov 21, 2025
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating PG-13
