Karmalink

Set in Cambodia, the good things about this movie are the performances from the young actors, and the setting. There is an attentiveness to the contrast between the glittering parts of the city and the more traditional and less tidy areas where the story mostly takes place. You can feel the loss of the past, and see the environmental degradation, without getting in too deep to themes of economic inequality. The core of the story is the karma wheel, but it's sadly grafted to a high tech and ultimately tedious and pedestrian reboot of the run away AI theme. It's watchable, with the first half better than the second. The dialogue turns wooden towards the end. The performances and some quite good scenes of ordinary streets, temples and the countryside save the film from its pretentious tech bits.