Franklyn stars Ryan Phillippe as some kind of superhero (or is he???) and from the trailer looks equal parts Watchmen and Dark City.  It opens next month in the UK but doesn’t have a US distributor yet.

Esser (Bernard Hill) is a broken man, searching for his wayward son amongst the rough streets of London’s homeless. Milo (Sam Riley) is a heartbroken thirty-something desperately trying to find a way back to the purity of first love. Emilia (Eva Green) is a beautiful art student, her suicidal art projects becoming increasingly more complex and deadly. Preest (Phillippe) is a masked vigilante detective, searching for his nemesis on the streets of Meanwhile City; a monolithic fantasy metropolis ruthlessly governed by faith and religious fervour. Esser, Milo, Emilia, Preest- a group of people who couldnt be further apart. Their individual worlds are set for a cataclysmic collision. In an explosive finale, the path of a single bullet will decide the fate of our four lost souls…. [IMDB]

Whoa, I blacked out for a second there. Hey, how’d this eyeliner get on my face? Anyway, I’m glad Philippe will be wearing that crazy mask. Keeps me from getting distracted by those big, pouty lips of his, am I right guys?

This is the trailer for Franklyn, a British Sci-Fi film from first time writer-director Gerald McMorrow.  Ryan Phillippe plays the lead role once slated for Ewan McGregor.

Franklyn follows four intertwining stories, three of which take place in contemporary London, the fourth in a parallel fantasy world called Meanwhile City. In Meanwhile City, atheist vigilante Jonathan Preest (Phillippe) fights against the various religious presences. Ultimately, his path crosses with three others (Eva Green, Sam Riley, Bernard Hill) from London.

Looks like it could be interesting, but let’s be honest, the bar’s pretty low for sci fi these days.  No army of monkeys?  No little kids driving race cars?  F-ck it, sign me up.  Also – you know you’re a real atheist when you spell your name “preest”.