The Memento Effect

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2004)

In some respect, this film reminded me of Memento, so if you liked or hated Memento, you might feel similarly about The Butterfly Effect as well. The story kept me interested the whole time as I kept trying to piece together "what happened" before the answers were given. In some cases, it was easy and in others, the pieces only fell in place at the very last moment.
I saw the film with a friend who was almost ready to walk out in the middle because the type of violence made her sick. There's far less graphic violence than in "Kill Bill", but unlike the "blood ballet" effect in Kill Bill, the violent scenes in this film feel more real and are much easier to empathize with.