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in a very disappointing effort. The plot just can't stick together and the dream sequences and reality get all mixed up and then the ending- completely unbelievable and too many co-incidences all through it. I thought the ending was part of his nightmare sequences as it was so outlandish in the basement of the perp's house, that just never made sense. The script was weak and it seemed like some South American countries got mixed up and Taylor's mother's Alzheimer's seemed like a contrivance to make the plot points fit. A waste of a decent cast in a film destined for the dustbin. 2 out of 10. Disappointing.

Here is one of the scariest movies you will ever see. This is a very scary movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. If is does not scary you no movie will. This is one of the scariest movies ever. See it. But do not watch is alone.

I don't know why this is going round as a horror movie, it's not even close. Memory is a thriller and a passable one at that. Billy Zane, Dennis Hopper, Tricia Helfer and Ann-Margret star in this clever though ultimately flawed little tale of a man recieving premonitions and his efforts to decipher them. This is evidence once again that Billy Zane is one of Hollywoods most underrated, underutilised and underappreciated actors. The man can do it all yet gets stuck with wall to wall b-movies. Memory has some nice ideas but fails to present them very well, it's one of those films that could have been great if handled by the right people but alas wasn't. Decent enough effort but should have been better. The Good: Cast deliver Some nice ideas The Bad: Generic delivery Things I Learnt From This Movie: Billy Zane needs more appreciation Dennis Hopper CAN do roles without coming across as weird and/or disturbing

The cast members explained in interviews that the main theme of Bennett Davlin's "Memory" is the idea of seeing something through someone else's eyes, as the main character (Billy Zane) does: an otherwise benevolent person suddenly has memories of committing horrible acts. This is not a slasher movie or home invasion movie. There's the issue of what has been hidden. Parts of the movie did trick me a little bit, and I found it to be a pretty clever flick. It's not frightening or anything, but I liked how they laid everything out. OK, so we could be cynical and say that this is a totally improbable story. So what? The movie is understood to be improbable. I still say that it's a very clever plot. Above all, it's great to see Dennis Hopper (RIP) and Ann-Margret still playing such interesting roles. Worth seeing.

Memory: unforgivably stupid plot, nonsensical action and motivations, terrible performances from everyone but Dennis Hopper, male "characters" are defined by alcohol and sex obsession + vague, cartoonish nobility, female characters have no attributes, music is cheap and overbearing, editing is distractingly shoddy, much of the action is literally the lead character reading exposition aloud to himself, and it's never at all thrilling. There's a very small amount of stupid fun in the film's preposterous conclusion, but all things considered, Memory isn't really worthy of complete sentences. -TK 10/31/10

A boring,incoherent,long movie,with bad dialogs,and screenplay.Do your self a favor,and stay away from this movie.The sentence before this was a real warning,today you can find bad movies with some entertaining value,but as far as I recognized,this movie was just a long and boring effort from people don't know how to engage the audience.After I've seen this,I had a feeling that this was just a footage with some element that the movie needs,but the incoherent creators don't know how to edit it,after they shoot-ed the footage.I'am sure there are lot of underrated serial-killer movies out there without a good marketing,but this was not that.Don't see this film.

Got to see the movie b/c the director use to date my cousin. Even though that relationship didn't turn out well, the movie was still pretty damn good! I'm a big fan of Battlestar Galatica, and Trish Helfer is smoking hot! I'd been a big fan of her's since her Maxim spread, and YOU KNOW I bought last month's playboy too. Only knock is that for some stupid reason, she dies her hair jet black for this movie, but she's still smoking hot! And there's a strip poker scene too! So the movie starts out kind of crazy like a TV medical drama or csi or something. Some kid gets coked up on mysterious amazonian powder, turns him all red and crap, then ends up half dead in a hospital in Brazil. Then freaking Cal from Titanic shows up, Billy Zane, although his character's name is Taylor. So Cal/Taylor/Billy is a medical research dude trying to cure Parkinson's or whatever the name of that disease that kills little old ladies and presidents. He just happens to be in town for a swinging convention of Medical researchers and is an expert on amazonian powders or something. And Taylor's sidekick is the rolling stone publisher guy from Almost Famous (which is a bad ass movie). Terry Chen. So Taylor and his partner take some powder home for testing, but Taylor is a dumb mofo and accidentally gets some on his hands then back at the hotel he has some weird drug trip on the stuff and has a flashback of a serial killer. There's a really cool scene where Taylors' hotel bathroom explodes with water. OK, flash-forward to Six the sex robot; Trish Helfer's character meets Taylor when he goes back to Boston and attends an art show (evidently that's where the hot maxim chicks hang out). Eventually she becomes Taylor's hot sex robot too. Taylor keeps having these drug trips; sees serial killer; and then realizes it could be one of his parents; one of his parents memories; but his mom is in a coma or something and his dad is dead; so he doesn't know which one is a serial killer. Taylor investigates; Trish Six Helfer helps (actually is kind part of the serial killer's life); and in the end it all turns out to be some screwed up twisted discovery about Taylor's true identity. I mean that in a good way; a cool way! So if this flick ever sees a movie screen, I'd definitely recommend it. In fact, my cousin was probably pretty stupid from dumping the director guy b/c he'll probably be pretty rich. (I'm also betting she wrote the bad!bad!bad! review too.) peace... mumblogger111.

Bennet Davlin both co-wrote & directed this semi-interesting, somewhat intriguing mystery drama. For a first effort it is not too bad, Its not too good either. (note: a 7 rating in my book is in the fair to good range) To its credit there are 3 semi-major stars heading this cast. Billy Zane--- He still has a good looking body, He is a capable actor. Ann-Margaret, she has been a star for over 45 years & still is pleasing to the eye. also on hand is Dennis Hopper He has been around the sound stages since before GIANT that was 53 yrs ago.,He is still a fine actor. I always liked these 3 players, This is perhaps the reason I rented this film. It is a 2005 movie & only released on DVD this past March (2 months ago). I do not think it had a theatre release.. This is really a B film worthy of a co-feature on a double bill. The story is somewhat confusing, but still interesting, It is also a mystery & a mild horror film, To its credit IT IS NOT A GORE-FEST. Interesting camera-work, with a good score, It runs a fast 98 minutes, however it still could have been a bit shorter. I must mention 2 of the other players. Tracy Helfer from TV (Battlestar Gallatica). She is pretty to look at & may be a good actress in time. All films of this type have a comic relief character, who is the stars sidekick. His name is Terry Chen. A Chinese-American actor with a great smile & good comic timing, thankfully he is not a stereotype like they used to be, He plays a Doctor friend of our hero who happens to have a great comic wit. I want to see more films he is in. Note this is not a really good movie, BUT its is not a bad one, I was not too surprised who the villain was.(note; I will say this it is not the first person you may think it is.) Ratinss **1/2 (out of 4) 78 points (OUT of 100) IMDb 7 ( out of 100

For a first time director / producer / writer team this is not a bad movie. It has its rough parts, it is not a polished as a production from a major studio or development group. But that is some of its charm. The story holds together throughout the movie and builds to a climax and letdown. The DVD extra features explain how long the process was to make this movie. The writer director story boarded the whole thing. The production values are very high for their budget. They shot what they needed and did not waste much time on extra footage. The plot twist at the end was somewhat confusing because of all the visuals that you had to catch to understand that the killer was not his father but his mother, and the person he thought was his mother was not. Once those concepts fall into place the ending becomes clear. This movie needs to be seen a couple of times to catch the subtle clues. This is not guerrilla film making - with a single set and some of the filming done on the cuff. A good example semi-guerrilla film making is the film by Darren Aronofsky in 2000 "Requium for a Dream": that cost $4.5 million 5 years ago. Aronofskys' first non-student movie was Pi in 1998. It was done in black and white for $60k in 1998. An interesting start of a career, lets see what they can bring us in the future.

I have seen this movie twice. The first time, it seemed to me - interesting start, slow middle, fast and not explained end. But, I thought that a movie with stars like Hopper, Margaret or Zane should not be so crap. That is why I decided to watch it for the second time. Well, for the second time it seemed to me a little bit better, but still - interesting, slow and then fast, but at least I did understand everything at the end. The movie has a great idea, that's right, something for X-files or something like that. But actually, it supposed to be a thriller film not only a part of a long long series. Simply the writer made it a little bit chaotic and because the movie was so slow the whole time he had to put all the explanations into the last five minutes - that's a shame.