Seize the minute

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2001)

A man wakes up in an anonymous motel room and has no idea what he's doing there and why. According to his own notes he has lost his ability to create new memories due to a serious accident somewhere in the past. Fairly original premise with interesting development, if you're willing to forgive about one million leaps of credibility. That's right, one should not concentrate on finding possible mistakes in the script or flaws in the overall idea because this film doesn't rely solely on it's convoluted screenplay or a single idea (like for instance The Truman Show did), but also has atmospheric power, good casting and directing (as did for example The Usual Suspects and The 6th Sense). The ending is a bit blunt, leaves you wanting to know more although supposedly you learned everything along the way. Interesting - if a bit claustrophobic - but memorable? Relying on our individual memories, time will tell.