Despite his scenes of bland horror, Lucas offers the 25th century as a arch, campy place, a conception not satiric enough to be accepted as comedy and not quite insightful enough to be taken seriously.

| Feb 8, 2018

The empty space surrounding the vulnerable man emphasizes the exertion involved rather than the goal of escape: like the hologram who came to life because he wanted to, THX finally achieves his humanity by an assertion of will.

| Jan 18, 2013

With political paternalism rampant at both extremes of the spectrum, Lucas is onto something. In any case, we'll know for sure in about a generation.

| Jun 5, 2007

Visually it is often extraordinary, with Lucas playing on perspectives and dislocations throughout, nowhere more brilliantly than in the 'prison' represented by a limbo of whiteness that seems to stretch as far as the eye can see.

| Jun 24, 2006

I have a good many reservations about the film's ideas, but they are greatly outweighed by my admiration for a technical virtuosity that by fair means and foul achieves exceptional emotional intensity at the same time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 9, 2005

A modest, somber vision of the future.

| Original Score: C+ | May 4, 2005

Neglected on its initial release, this now stands as a classic science fiction movie and one of the most remarkable debuts of the 70s.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 6, 2004

Lucas described THX as 'an artifact from the future,' and we're supposed to struggle for understanding. That's part of its hypnotic undertow.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 13, 2004

The whole thing feels like a hypnotic dreamscape, so luminously stark, from its white-on-white abstract sets to the wide-eyed, bald, near catatonic residents of this world.

| Sep 13, 2004

It's an impressively unified vision, with sterile set design, a wonderfully crisp and creepy sound design by Walter Murch.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 11, 2004

This new, highly polished upgrade is a nice gift for science fiction fans.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 10, 2004

One of those rare titles that has improved with age.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 10, 2004

The movie's strength is not in its story but in its unsettling and weirdly effective visual and sound style.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 10, 2004

Muddled and hopelessly artsy, but at least Lucas got it out of his system early on.

| Jan 1, 2000