Directed by Alex ProyasMy rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, New Line Cinema)
Rufus Sewell is John Murdoch, who wakes up one night in his bathtub without memories, but with the ability to mold reality with his mind. He wanders around a film noir city in perpetual darkness, in search of his identity. Jennifer Connelly is his wife, a part time lounge singer, sympathetic to his dilemma. William Hurt is a trench-coat detective, after him for a murder he may or may not have committed. Finally, Keifer Sutherland is his psychiatrist, who seems to possess the answers to it all. Basically, it takes an episode of Star Trek TNG, particularly the concept of the Cyborg shared collective, the setting of Blade Runner, and mixes it with an old episode of The Prisoner. Throw in a big, loud CGI climax where the opponents hurl "mind waves" at each other, and it's a derivative, if handsome, mess.
IMDb
(DVD, New Line Cinema)
Rufus Sewell is John Murdoch, who wakes up one night in his bathtub without memories, but with the ability to mold reality with his mind. He wanders around a film noir city in perpetual darkness, in search of his identity. Jennifer Connelly is his wife, a part time lounge singer, sympathetic to his dilemma. William Hurt is a trench-coat detective, after him for a murder he may or may not have committed. Finally, Keifer Sutherland is his psychiatrist, who seems to possess the answers to it all. Basically, it takes an episode of Star Trek TNG, particularly the concept of the Cyborg shared collective, the setting of Blade Runner, and mixes it with an old episode of The Prisoner. Throw in a big, loud CGI climax where the opponents hurl "mind waves" at each other, and it's a derivative, if handsome, mess.
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