The I Inside (2004)

An amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.

Director:

Roland Suso Richter

Writers:

Michael Cooney (play), Michael Cooney (screenplay),

Stars:

Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ryan Phillippe	...	Simon Cable (as Ryan Phillipe)
Sarah Polley	...	Clair
Piper Perabo	...	Anna
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Peter Cable
Peter Egan	...	Doctor Truman
Stephen Lang	...	Mr. Travitt
Rakie Ayola	...	Nurse Clayton
Stephen Graham	...	Travis
Stephen Rea	...	Doctor Newman
Magdalena Manville	...	Female Resident (as Magdelena Manville)
Jay Simpson	...	Morgue Orderly
Paul John Borde	...	Intruder
Annabel Mansel Lewis	...	5th Floor Nurse

Storyline

A man (Simon) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years. As he begins to find out things from his past, he discovers his ability to move from the year 2002 to the year 2000. By doing this he meets a link between the two time periods.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | 2000s | corpse | seaside cliff | puzzle | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes it is hard to come back.

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Genres:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Media 8 Entertainment Official site [es]

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 2004 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Belső útvesztő

Filming Locations:

UK

Box Office

Budget:

$8,800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$17,697 (Chile) (28 July 2006)

Gross:

$17,697 (Chile) (28 July 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MDP Worldwide, RCD Productions Ltd., VIP 1 Medienfonds

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christian Slater (as Peter), Stephen Dorff (as Simon Cable), and Jennifer Love Hewitt (as Anna Cable) were originally set to star.

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Goofs

Dr. Newman refers to Simon's two-year amnesiac memory gap as "short-term memory loss". Short-term memory is measured in seconds, not years.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Doctor Newman: Easy. Diazepam, 5 milligrams. Easy now, Mr. Cable. You're going to be fine. You're just having a nightmare.

User Reviews

Could have been so much better

Considering how great this movie was in the beginning I was stunned why I had never heard of it or why it only got a rating of 6.0 on IMDb. It had to have something to do with how the story unfolded. Turns out, that this is indeed the problem. The first 45 minutes of "The I Inside" are really a blast. The story sucks you in immediately and unfolds beautifully until a certain point is reached where the writer lost control and messed up what had been set up so well. All of a sudden the story's getting way over the top, apparently for no other reason than to keep the viewer puzzled. That wouldn't have been necessary. They could have taken the story anywhere as intriguing as it started. Unfortunately, the plot becomes uneven when the "rules" of the movie are adapted arbitrarily. The final solution doesn't really come as a surprise anymore. Worse still, it's not good enough to explain everything. It's obvious that there are mistakes and flaws throughout the script and it's a shame, because, as I've said, unlike a lot of other movies where the story is already set up for an impossible, unbelievable ending, "The I Inside" had a more than promising start. Anyway, although the movie isn't completely satisfying and kind of stumbles over its own feet, it's still very entertaining to watch. It has an atmospheric stage play-like atmosphere (in fact, the story has been adapted from a play called "Point Of Death") and there are some really creative suspense scenes. Summing up, "The I Inside" isn't the masterpiece it could have been, but it's a nice way to spend 90 minutes.