The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to the mounting energy crisis - found abandoned amongst ruins, a miraculous motor that could seemingly power the World. But, the motor is dead... there is no one left to decipher its secret... and, someone is watching. It’s a race against the clock to find the inventor and stop the destroyer before the motor of the World is stopped for good. A motor that would power the World. A World whose motor would be stopped. Who is John Galt?
Seriously, if this is the best promotion of itself that the free market can manage, it really would benefit from the help of a Ministry of Culture or something.
– Alan Scherstuhl,
Village Voice,
15 Oct 2012
rotten:
Director John Putch struggles to find balance or generate a single spark from the clunky mix of romance, political diatribe and thriller.
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct 2012
rotten:
The producers are going to have to hire a better director if they want moviegoers to be curious enough about this Galt guy to buy a ticket for the presumptive third and final chapter.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
15 Oct 2012
rotten:
It's consistent with its predecessor as a somewhat awkward translation of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel to our current era, handled with bland telepic-style competency.
– Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
13 Oct 2012
rotten:
A disaster as a film, Atlas also is laughable in its presentation of Rand's ideology.