The Final Cut (2004)

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 | Slap | Rabbit's Foot

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:

Factual errors: The paper announcing Bannister's death states that he was 54 when he died. But, when Alan loads his implant for the first time, it states that there are 544,628 life hours to review. That number of hours would make him over 62 years of age.

Quotes:

Hasan: May I speak frankly with you, Alan?
Alan Hakman: Oh, Please.
Hasan: You're a real prick.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

BulBul

Loved the film's moral dilemas

I saw "The Final Cut" at the Berlin Film Festival, I was surprisingly absorbed by the questions raised. The plot evoked feelings I felt after reading, George Orwell's, "1984". The questions of privacy and morality.

As a first film, Omar Naim does a credible job at directing Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, and Jim Caviziel. Their preformances matched the morbidity of the world created in the film. Some of Robin's most reserved and pulled back acting, great seeing Caviziel transform from Jesus to a villan. Thom Bishops who I never heard of before was suprisingly impressive as the light point in the film.

To me, this film comes at a time when this subject is pertinent as social commentary on where our society is headed.

There was a couple of plot holes though, and I felt that the romance between Mira Sorvino's character and Robin's could have been more developed.