Reminiscence (2021)

Nick is an investigator who uses the memory of his clients as prime material with a special technology.

'Reminiscence' is a sci-fi noir film. Interesting in terms of idea, but not the first of its kind (Strange Days, The Final Cut), Reminiscence manages to bring the noir style back on the table with a plot worthy of the genre's legend. The love story is a bit generic and predictable, but it doesn't spoil the overall effect..too much.

Director:  Lisa Joy      

With: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis

Rating: 7.6/10

Bringing Out The Dead (1999)

A paramedic who's severely affected by exhaustion hardly makes it through three full days of his job.

'Bringing Out The Dead' is an atypical, quite experimental film, directed by a Martin Scorsese who manages to control an extremely mixed, turbulent and dramatic project, very close to real life, with people suffering from almost familiar, almost common problems. Nicholas Cage is - as usual - wonderful in the role of the paramedic who barely manages to keep his mental balance in check, under the burden of exhaustion and post-traumatic stress caused by the death of a patient.

Director:  Martin Scorsese    

With: Nicholas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Cliff Curtis, Nestor Serrano, Sonja Sohn, Aida Turturro

Rating: 8/10

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Danny Torrance a crescut si devenit un aparator al copiilor asemanatori lui ce sunt in pericol de a deveni victimele unor supranaturali ce ii consuma pentru a-si prelungi existenta.

Un film de groaza bazat pe un roman de Stephen King ce e diferit de restul. Se indeparteaza frumos de The Shining dar ofera un context global pentru acest mit al stralucirii supranaturale. Elementele fanteziste arata darul lui Stephen King pentru a infiripa povesti fascinante si originale dar, ca de obicei, sunt insotite de suferinta inocentilor in diverse forme, adesea cea mai intensa sursa de asa-zisa oroare a genului de groaza. Multe idei sunt prezentate, multe actiuni au loc, si personaje dezvoltate ca la carte se perinda pe ecran, dar ceva ceva ii lipseste pentru a atinge un nivel cult de capodopera, poate atentia/obsesia pentru detalii este propriul obstacol. Foarte entertaining de altfel.

Regia:  Mike Flanagan    

Cu: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis

Rating: 8/10

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