The Final Cut (2004)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Omar Naim

Writer:

Omar Naim (written by)

Release Date:

11 November 2004 (Australia)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Every moment of your life recorded. Would you live it differently?

Plot:

Set in a world with memory implants, Robin Williams plays a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger.

Plot Keywords:

Memory | Microchip | Implant | Gunfire | Editor

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Alan Hakman
Mira Sorvino	...	Delila
James Caviezel	...	Fletcher (as Jim Caviezel)
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Thelma
Stephanie Romanov	...	Jennifer Bannister
Thom Bishops	...	Hasan
Genevieve Buechner	...	Isabel Bannister
Brendan Fletcher	...	Michael
Vincent Gale	...	Simon
Casey Dubois	...	Young Alan - 9
Liam Ranger	...	Young Louis - 9
Joely Collins	...	Legz the Tattoo Artist
Michael St. John Smith	...	Charles Bannister
Christopher Britton	...	Jason Monroe (as Chris Britton)
Wanda Cannon	...	Caroline Monroe

Also Known As:

The final Cut - Dein Tod ist erst der Anfang (Germany) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, some violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | Norway:15 | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Lions Gate Entertainment

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Bannister takes his daughter into his study, he closes the door. The visual record is shot along the length of his arm, so either his eyes are in the middle of his chest, of the camera was shooting from too low.

Quotes:

Simon: Let's do this.
Fletcher: No, no. Not now there's somebody up there. This has to be clean. No mess.
Simon: Clean, dirty. It's all the same to me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

Enchanted Days

Intriguing plot, intense acting

The plot is timely and intriguing, providing lots of food for thought as to the perhaps not-too-far future prospects of technology and our own legacies.

I agree the relationship between Williams' character and his love interest was too sketchy. With a few extra minutes expanding on those two, the film might have been more fleshed out. Overall, I enjoyed the movie. It really gave us pause to reflect on the pros and cons of the "Zoe Implant" and "rememories." Appreciated the intense acting abilities of Williams and Caviezel; otherwise, the movie might have lagged even more.

I thought the angles of the camera shots were interesting.