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Memory (2007)

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A man with the ability to see into the past sets out to solve a dark mystery that has haunted his family bloodline for three decades in director Bennett Davlin's time-shifting thriller. Dr. Taylor Biggs (Billy Zane) has accidentally ingested a hallucinogenic powder that allows him to experience his ancestor's most vivid memories, and now he is seeing images of a nightmarish predator who abducts and murders young girls. As Dr. Biggs begins to realize that these memories come from a time before he

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Bennett Davlin

Written By: Bennett Joshua Davlin, Anthony Badalucco

In Theaters: Mar 23, 2006 Wide

On DVD: May 22, 2007

Echo Bridge Entertainment

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Cast

Billy Zane
Dr. Taylor Biggs
Ann-Margret
Carol Hargrave
Dennis Hopper
Max Lichtenstein
Tricia Helfer
Stephanie Jacobs
Terry Chen
Deepra Chang
Dan Pelchat
Rekha Sharma
Becka

Critic Reviews for Memory

All Critics (13) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (13) | DVD (1)

Considerably better -- and far more intriguing -- than most entry-level horror pics, marrying a retro B-movie setup with the ghostly obsessions of recent Asian extreme cinema.

June 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Peter Debruge

Variety

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The movie draws upon so many influences -- stylized Hitchcock suspense, surreal Asian horror and the Gothic romance of Britain's Hammer Studios -- it's easier to follow the reference points than the plot.

March 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Lisa Rose

Newark Star-Ledger

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Filled with labored exposition, stilted line readings and the most unconvincing romantic hookup since Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley.

March 23, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

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To what niche does this movie aspire, Michael Crichton sci-fi chiller, Ed Wood camp or neo-'60s grand guignol for former leading ladies of a certain age? You decide.

March 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsday

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Jan Stuart

Newsday

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Convoluted fright flick less scary than confusing.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

There's an intriguing premise buried in MEMORY ... [but] he execution leaves something to be desired.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Murphy's Movie Reviews

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Ted Murphy

Murphy's Movie Reviews

Wait, what movie were we talking about again?

May 21, 2007 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

DVDTalk.com

The fact that it raises worthy questions concerning experience and recollection, as well as cultural, legal, and political definitions of self with regard to memories%u2014well, that's sort of too bad. They're lost amid forgettable plotty detritus.

April 1, 2007 Full Review Source: PopMatters

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Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters

A confused, preposterous, overeager mess.

March 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Doris Toumarkine

Film Journal International

Stylish and twisty, but not clever enough to support its more outrageous plot machinations.

March 23, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

A bizarre, mind-bending psychological thriller, filled with red herrings.

March 22, 2007 Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com

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Susan Granger

www.susangranger.com

Adapting his own novel, [director] Davlin seems blessedly unaware of how silly his story is, attacking it with such escalating melodramatic fervor that Memory rises from the disastrously campy to the bizarrely hypnotic.

March 22, 2007 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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Tim Grierson

L.A. Weekly

... tosses us so many hints and red herrings that, by the end, we really don't care who turns out to be the killer. All solutions are equally satisfying, which is the same thing as being equally unsatisfying.

March 22, 2007 Comment

Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat Source: Los Angeles CityBeat

The director states in the film's press notes that 'all the science you will see in this motion picture is cutting edge,' a statement that holds true if you simply replace the word 'science' with 'silliness.'

March 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

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Does anyone but me notice that Billy Zane does NOT age?? Hmmmm...anyway. I like him.. Always have...but his movies are average at best. This one included. It's fairly predictable, but the script is decent and keeps you engaged. Extra 1/2 star for Billy's immortality.

September 13, 2010

Cynthia S.

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Memory is one of the best direct-to-video/b-movies I have ever seen. How a small production company gets a cast like this is beyond me, but this was just a great movie! Billy Zane is a guy with a clouded past, who decides to use an experimental drug to restore his memory. Only to vividly remember a murder he witnessed,

January 12, 2008