A machine that can extract,
record, and play memories. A murder
mystery. Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage. A posthumous appearance by Anton
Yelchin. And the pretty Évelyne Brochu (Orphan Black’s Delphine). All these interesting elements are in the sci-fi mystery film Rememory. So it must be worthwhile, right? Er, not so
much.
In portraying Tyrion Lannister, Peter
Dinklage has established his reputation as an awesome actor. Despite his small stature, he has a strong
screen presence that allows him to effortlessly stand out and engulf a scene when
necessary. Hence, I like the idea of him
having the main, central role of a movie.
And, indeed, he’s easily the best thing about Rememory.
Unfortunately, his committed and
compelling performance is paired with an underwhelming, boringly-paced
story.
The plot surely has potential. It gives Dinklage’s character a chance to
play detective to get to the bottom of the suspicious death of a man who has
invented a revolutionary machine that allows people to draw out and view
memories, using that very same machine to help him in his investigation and
finding closure with his brother’s tragic death. But the script is terribly lacking in drawing
something fascinating from the promising setup.
It comes off as pretentious rather than intriguing.
Rememory is very disappointing.
Not only because it’s ultimately unmemorable, but because it wastes the
chance of Peter Dinklage headlining a movie by giving him the impossible task
of elevating a poorly presented film. He
almost nearly made it moderately worthwhile – a testament to his talents – but the
movie just has too many problems for him to drag up.
I just hope that this movie doesn’t
ruin the possibility of Peter Dinklage being given the opportunity to once again play the main
character of a promising film production.
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