The Final Cut (2004)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

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 | Gunfire | Editor

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:

Crew or equipment visible: When the movie dollies back to a wide shot of Alan doing his work with a large number of little screens in the background, one of the scenes on the left shows the supposed subject looking at a urinal. From there, the subject turns around and looks at a mirror, revealing a woman holding a camcorder.

Quotes:

Delila: What about all the bits in between?
Alan: It's a miniature. Concise, symmetrical. That's the way the world looks to me... the way I see it.
Delila: How do you do this?
Alan: It's what I was meant to do.
Delila: You were meant to live your own life too.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

Sweet Remembrance

Oh Boy

Interesting premise but gets seriously muddled as the movie goes on. The ending is a MAJOR letdown. Subplot about Williams childhood is useless since we and he already know what happened.

The only truly interesting thing about this movie is that even though it never gets mentioned in the movie, the world the movie is set in is apparently in the future or a alternate world altogether. There is no more Oil to had in this world and therefore plastic does not exist anymore. Everything is basically made of wood. Computers, keyboard, TVs... pretty cool.

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