The Final Cut (DVD)

...in an undetermined year in the future, Hakman (Robin Williams) is a cutter, employed to edit memory implants (Zoe implants) after people have died in order to create a remembering (like a DVD of the dead persons life as seen through their own eyes). The chips are implanted before birth, are organic and grow with the person so you don't know you have one. The story starts with a flashback to 2 children playing, they start with marbles but end up ...
...of them. Cut to the present where we see a client quizzing Hakman about a remembering of Dr Monroe that he is working on. We learn at this point that Hakman is editing out all the nasty memories (wife beating and adultery in this case) and just leaving in the nice things that people want to see of their loved one. At the screening of this particular remembering Fletcher (James Caviezel), an ex-cutter, turns up and tries to buy a job from Hakman. ...

earlofaldgate 18.05.2006 · Read full review
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...am not sure I like the usage of all technology as the Big Brother effect increases. The film "The Final Cut" that stars Robin Williams in the lead role did little to comfort me. The Final Cut is set in a future where the well off can create an amazingly detailed cinematic obituary called a Remorial (sp) using the person's memory. This is done by inserting a Zoë chip into a child's head before birth. This chip is organic and grows with the person ...
...to remember them by. The aptly named Allan Hackman (Robin Williams) is a cutter. When creating a film for a prestigious client he is haunted by a figure from his past. He goes on a mission to find out about this person and the consequences that arise from this mission. This film was not my choice but I actually found myself getting involved in the plot and actually quite enjoying it. I am not normally a big fan of Science Fiction unless it has ...

duskmaiden 05.10.2005 (11.10.2005) · Read full review
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...cutter. A person who views the memories of the dead and constructs a rememory - an edited memorial of the good parts of their lives for their loved ones to enjoy. He is haunted by a childhood memory that he may have been able to save another boys life but was unable to help him. At the same time he is also being pursued by people who wish to undermine the technology that stores these memories. He is editing the life of a man connected to the creation ...
...are supposed to infer from the scenario we are presented with from his memory before Hakman edits its from existence. The film deals with the issues of memory, privacy, it is very Orwellian indeed. The ending is quite weak and could have been resolved a lot better after Hakman's death, with us at least seeing how the footage of his life was used to bring down the rememory technology. The film looks really good, the locations, the sets, the props ...

atytyut2434 02.08.2008 (03.08.2008) · Read full review
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