10 Most Divisive Sci-Fi Films Of The 21st Century

Cloud Atlas is a rare example of a $140 million sci-fi epic spanning nearly 500 years, six different locations and a huge ensemble of characters which took a big swing and arguably resulted in neither a miss or a hit.

The 2012 film directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer received - on average - middling reviews across the board but with a less than enthusiastic audience who failed to turn up and see it in the cinema. Alongside failing to make back its budget by $10 million (and this is before even accounting for the marketing costs) it gained a very average 66% on the critic's Tomatometer and 66% again on the theatregoer's audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

However, this average number is the result of a wide variety of reviews both praising the film for being a masterpiece like Roger Ebert who declared it was "one of the most ambitious films ever made" and those decrying it as - in the words of Mark Kermode - "an extremely honourable failure, but a failure". One thing is for certain, after watching the three hour epic you will probably love it or absolutely hate it.