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Dr. Taylor
Briggs is accidentally exposed to a red,
mysterious substance after examining a patient in
Brazil. Shortly thereafter, he starts having strange
and horrific flashbacks of the past - but the
memories belong to a serial killer. Together with
Stephanie, a woman he recently met, they try to
solve the mystery of the flashbacks - whose are
these memories, and is the killer still at large?
Memory has been sitting on the shelves for ages now
and has finally been picked up for distribution in
a few countries. So is there a certain reason for
why no one has released this earlier? I have no idea.
Perhaps the production company was asking for too much
money or perhaps it got stuck in post for too long.
Either way, I found Memory to be a surprisingly
decent horror effort where the majority of the 3,5
million dollar budget obviously went to hiring an
established cast.
This slow-paced thriller revolves around Dr. Taylor
Briggs (Billy Zane) who's been suffering from strange
flashbacks ever since he was exposed to a mysterious
substance in Brazil. It seems as if he's having
flashbacks from someone else’s past - someone who
clearly wasn't mentally stable. It turns out that
the person whose memories he's seeing, is a demented
serial killer with a passion for young girls. So
what is the object of the movie? Well basically, we
follow as the mystery of the flashbacks unfold and
see if there's something he can do about the past
that he's seeing. I know, it's difficult to explain
but it's not exactly an easy movie to understand
all the time either so I'm doing my best here.
Naturally there's a twist at the end (seeing as how
this was made in 2005) that doesn't really blow
anyone away. I had the killer pegged from the first
frame, despite a couple of desperate attempts to
make us suspect Dennis Hopper's character as the
killer (apparently, he's been wearing the same
training shoes since 1971), so it's ultimately very
predictable. So what makes Memory worth watching?
To be honest with you; I don't know. It's like one
of those TV-movies where you find yourself just
interested enough to watch it till the end but then
you forget all about it the next day.
Memory won't remain in your memory for long but it
will keep you interested while it lasts so if you
ever catch it on TV, it might be worth a watch. If
you're thinking of buying the DVD or even seeing it
at the cinema though, I think it's a waste of money.
It doesn't really offer anything new and the twist
just wasn't that good. For what it is (a cheap
thriller starring Billy Zane), it's surprisingly
decent - but it won't leave anyone overly impressed.
Nothing here.
The score was about average. This isn't really a
horror movie so there's not a lot of atmosphere to
find in here, but again, it did what it was intended
to do but not a whole lot more.
Forgettable but surprisingly decent horror thriller
about horrible flashbacks. Don't be put off by the
fact that the story is similar to the one in The
Return, it's nothing like that - this one is actually
watchable. It's interesting enough to keep you
watching, but don't spend too much money on it.
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