The Final Cut Movie Review 2004

After "One Hour Photo" Williams plays another guy involved in images, this time in a subdued sci-fi thriller. In the near-future, newborns are implanted with a chip that records their entire life--good, bad, and in-between. Alan Hakman (Williams) is a cutter who splices the appropriate footage of the deceased together as a funeral memorial. Then Hakman is asked to create a memorial of the recently-deceased chipmaker, a guy with some shady dealings that put Hakman in danger. Caviezel plays an anti-chip activist who wants an expose and Sorvino is Williams' ex-girlfriend who didn't care for his video obsession. The premise has certainly been done before and in much more enthralling movies.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from Canadian, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Sci Fi, Child Abuse

Screenplay

Omar Naim

Cast

Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, James Caviezel, Mimi Kuzyk, Brendan Fletcher, Vincent Gale, Thom Bishops, Casey Dubois, Liam Ranger

Cinematography

Tak Fujimoto

Director

Omar Naim

Music

Brian Tyler

Other

Patrick Ramsay, Dede Allen, Robert Brakey, James Chinlund

Producer

Nick Wechsler, Industry Entertainment, Cinetheta, Lions Gate Films