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26 out of 100

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7.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: While lecturing in Brazil, Dr. Taylor Briggs (Zane), an American authority on memory, consults on a patient found deep in the Amazon. During the exam, Taylor is accidentally exposed to a mysterious substance which unlocks a series of memories in his brain. Memories that are not his. The memory of a killer who committed crimes before Taylor was even born. A killer who is much closer than you may think. (Echo Bridge Entertainment & 3210 Films Inc.)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    60
    Oddly enjoyable at its most implausible.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Stylish and twisty, but not clever enough to support its more outrageous plot machinations.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Tim Grierson
    20
    While the mystery doesn't engage, Davlin keeps you off guard with his film's weird rhythms, bouncing from family drama to romance to macabre mood piece without much warning. How he and Zane manage to make such dreck almost tolerable is the real mystery here.

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  1. CaKeS
    9
    Like usual, I disagree with the critics completely. In fact I was shocked to see a movie like this with a score of 26. But nonetheless, I'll tell you where I stand in regards to this movie. I believe you have to have the correct mindset and thinking ability to enjoy this movie, I'm not insulting people that don't understand it, but that's what I think. This is a very intriguing movie, that keeps you captured and thinking throughout the entire picture. As it messes with the protagonist's mind, it will do the same to you. The plot and idea behind this movie is also a plus, I enjoy a movie out of the norm, and I have to say I'm pretty sure I haven't seen anything like this before. It can get disturbing at times, but that adds to the atmosphere, which now that we're at it, is incredibly executed. I've always been a sucker for physiological thrillers/mysteries, so there's no doubt that I would give this such a high grade. But I assure you, if you like to think during a movie, and are bored of traditional, predictable clichés , I encourage you to take an hour and a half watching this. One more thing, don't be fooled by the first scene, at first I almost shut the movie off because of the terrible opening in the jungle, it seems ridiculously old and bad quality. But don't fret, wait until the good parts come, they're right around the corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . .BREAKDOWN: ||Specific Grade: 86%||Acting: 25/30||Effects: 18/20||Plot: 17/20||Sounds: 13/15||Worth Your Time: 13/15||… Expand
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  2. HondoJ.
    9
    "Memory" is less experienced as a series of images projected onto a screen by a projector, and more one that features images projected by the collective filmgoer psycher. Billy Zane, oddly silent since his breakout performances in "The Phantom" and "Titanic," is cast against type as an American Everyman buffeted by conflicting memories. Reminiscent of Sandra Bullock in the recent "Premonition," Zane functions as the viewer's surrogate in a journey through the vital social dialectics of our time - war, terror, cloning, etc. Some may fault director Davlin's madcap, seemingly incompetent style, but there is a method to his madness. His shoddy camerawork and inept pacing render a fascinating if topsy-turvy perspective on what it would be like to be infected with another's memories. But again, it's the acting that's on display here, and if you think that this film won't be gathering thespian glory come Oscar-time, you are in-Zane.… Expand
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  3. MattS.
    8
    “Wacky YES, Crazed YES, but fun!” I am biased, but impressed… We went to Bennett’s indie premiere of MEMORY in New Orleans, March 21st 2007, MEMORY was a moving, quirky and exciting movie. I want more… Davlin’s film was a nonestop (too hi-speed) Psycho-thriller (I need to see it again), based in part, on the ritual practices of the indiginous people of Brasil, to relive the memories of their dead ancesters. From there, Bennett’s crazed roller coaster thriller reminded me of a young Alfred Hitchcock movie. a ZANY/ SUSPENSE /CRAZED thriller from the 1920’s, wacky YES, but great fun! Also, we were privleged to meet the first time director Bennett Joshua Davlin, with Ann-Margret, Terry Chen, and Scott Anderson (I heared Dennis Hoppper was golfing in City Park and unable to find a cab to the premiere). … Expand
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