Spoiler Alert

Rating: Null/10 (12 March 2012)

Spoiler Alert in this review! This film is about a man named Leonard Shelby played by Guy Pearce. He suffers from short term memory after his wife was murdered. He is guided throughout the film by two other characters named Natalie and teddy played by Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano. They are working against each other and using Leonard against the other. This causes Leonard to have to rely even more so on his notes that he leaves for himself. The theme of this film is revenge. Guy Pearce character is searching for the killer of his wife and has no clue that he has already killed the man. Joe Pantoliano character is a dirty cop that uses Guys character to kill off criminals. Essential Joe's character Teddy uses Leonard's thirst for revenge to his advantage as a dirty cop. The actors in this film did a wonderful job in portraying the characters in a way that made them seem innocent at first before they were revealed to be bad characters. The film Columbiana featuring Zoe Zaladana has a story about revenge as well. She spends her entire life trying to murder the evil drug lords involved in the death of her loving parents that were shot in front of her when she was a child. Even though she doesn't suffer from short term memory loss, as Guys' character does, she is haunted by the memory of her parent's death just as Guy's character. No matter what occurs in her life and despite her family pleading with her to move on she pushes for revenge. IN the end she reaches her goal but is forced to be apart from the one person that she fell in love with to hide from being arrested for the murders. The techniques used in this film were very well put to use. The lighting of the film was set to give the effect of a dream. It created an illusion throughout the film making it harder for the viewer to see the truth. Several different angles were sued as well in this film. They used angles to give the illusion of a dream as well Angles from the perspective of Leonard's eyes in real time! This film is about the loving husband's revenge gone bad and one may either love or hate this film. I don't believe there is an in between. If you like thrilling movies with twist and suspension this is the film for you. Just remember revenge can be bitter sweet.