The year is 2257 AD, and on the planet New World, populated solely by men, everyone suffers from a phenomenon known as the Noise—the ability to see and hear each other's thoughts. Considering how these people behave, you’d expect absolute silence. It seems those who decided to settle a new world and name it "New World" didn't have many original ideas (maybe Planet Faulkner would have been more appropriate, given that everyone here appears to be constantly thinking aloud or possesses the mental capabilities of a Benjy Compson). The visual cue—a sort of halo around their heads when they think—only reinforces this impression; it’s as if there’s illumination but no substance. Mads Mikkelsen is the only one who doesn't seem completely foolish, and that’s likely because he’s too intelligent to portray someone so dimwitted. His character, David Prentiss, isn't particularly bright, but you can at least give him a little leeway—he comes across as more deranged than simply silly. Prentiss is unique in his ability to manage his Noise, which shouldn't be an insurmountable challenge; after all, who hasn’t heard the advice to “think before you speak?” It wouldn’t be terribly difficult to "think before you think," but these characters are mentally indiscreet. Either director Doug Liman and screenwriters Patrick Ness and Christopher Ford aren't very bright themselves or they believe the audience isn't, because women can perceive men's thoughts while men cannot—transforming the “Noise” into a rather awkward representation of female intuition. This has to do with the absence of women in Prentisstown (where Prentiss serves as mayor), which leads to a plot twist so absurd it would make M. Night Shyamalan question his own work.

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