Crazy storytelling and brilliant twists from Christopher Nolan

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2017)

Christopher Nolan made an excellent film for his second time out with a bigger budget and wild story. Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) has short term memory loss so the entire story plays out backward. Leonard kills Teddy (Joe Pantoliano) because he believes he is the one from instructions written on the back of a photograph. He uses tattoos to help him understand what he needs to remember and the message scrawled permanently on his body leads him to a man named John G. who raped and murdered his wife (Jorja Fox). Revenge is his primary motivation and he uses facts and clues to fuel his constant investigation.
He meets up with Natalie (Carrie-Anne Moss) who leads him back to Teddy, whose real name is John Gammell. He tells everyone about his condition that he meets including the hotel manager Burt (Mark Boone Junior) who profits off his condition by renting him a second room. Leonard has been drawn into something dangerous by Natalie as he is attacked by a man named Dodd (Callum Keith Rennie) who he beats up and requests Teddy help him scare off. He is accustomed to waking up in hotel rooms but is never sure where he actually lives. He believes he can use logic and facts to keep his world in order and live a better life.
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