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MPAA RATING: R for language and frightening images
Starring Billy Zane, Ann-Margret, Dennis Hopper, Tricia Helfer, Terry Chen, and Alonso Oyarzun
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.)
| GENRE(S): | Drama | Horror | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Anthony Badalucco
Bennett Davlin |
| DIRECTED BY: | Bennett Davlin |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 22, 2007 Theatrical: March 23, 2007 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 98 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
Also known as "Mem-o-re"
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Michael L. gave it a7:
Not bad at all. If the ending didn't devolve into typical "straight-to-video" dreck, I'd have awarded "Memory" a 9. The plot is interesting, the structure is fun, the actors are charismatic, the dialog is believable...what more can you ask for? Sure as heck don't get that in "1408". Zane is personable and looks great shirtless. Helfer is beautiful and brainy. Ann-Margret steals the show--even in the dumb-dumb ending. And Hopper is always a joy to watch...chomping at the scenery with neurotic abandon. It may not be the "Psycho" of the new millennium, but it ain't "The Eyes of Laura Mars", either. Far more enjoyable and toned-down than that camp catastrophe--despite the borrowed plot. Rent it!
Hondo J. gave it a9:
"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.
Matt S. gave it an8:
“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).
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