My quick rating - 6,8/10. Excellent vision of what will become of Miami. The way the mystery is pieced together from people's memories reminds me of how it was done in "Strange Days" Much tamer movie though. Still such a good all-around movie. In this sci-fi noir mystery, Hugh Jackman is the "doc" that helps people relive their memories through a technological advancement I am sure we shall be seeing at some point in our future. In doing so, he is able to log their memories onto disk (which they use glass drives in the movie, and those exist NOW, many movies are being archived on them as you read this). Well, when a woman (Rebecca Ferguson) strolls into the office, more like floats in as my reference of what Miami has become, he is immediately taken by her. Their on-screen chemistry really helps this flick work. I would also be remiss to not mention a great supporting job done by Thandiwe Newton as Jackmans assistant at the memory clinic (they never gave it a name that I caught). So that would be all fine and dandy, but there has to be some reason this woman graced him with his presence. This is where the mystery lies when their romance ends abruptly when Mae (Ferguson) vanishes. Bannister ( Jackman) is hell-bent on finding her which leads him deep into this new yet under-explained vision of Miami in a classic noir type tale. I do mention the setting since it was kind of strange there is nearly no mention as to why it is like this. The action is used merely when needed and not focused on like most popcorn flicks. Basically, because this isn't one of those, this one does force you to think so the release date is a bit suspect. All the elements for a true classic were here, just not fully achieved. But if you put those flaws aside, you will be left with one of the better flix to come out this year. And yes, the comparisons kept hitting me between Strange Days so if you are a huge fan of that movie as I am, you will enjoy this movie and also might be a bit peeved at the same time. It does enough to be different while remaining very similar.
