No better than Equilibrium... and that movie was the worst of this century. What we're left with is an oversimplified version of dystopian films relying heavily on the tired, old "Fascist govt. = evil" and "renegade/rebel = good". It would've been a change of pace had the directors and screenwriters actually bothered to think of a proper way of adapting the comic book, which in its all-two-dimensional-glory has far more profound ideas within it (i.e. at one point, one is left wondering whether the "hero" is actually a good guy or a bad guy). I'm surprised it's doing as good as it is and that it gets any praise at all - almost as if viewers weren't aware there is already a THX-1138, a Fahrenheit 451, and a 1984 out there.