Despite being under heavy sedation, a young woman tries to make her way out of the Arboria Institute, a secluded, quasifuturistic commune.
Director:
Panos CosmatosWriter:
Panos Cosmatos
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| Michael J Rogers | ... | Barry Nyle (as Michael Rogers) | |
| Eva Bourne | ... | Elena (as Eva Allan) | |
| Scott Hylands | ... | Dr. Mercurio Arboria | |
| Rondel Reynoldson | ... | Margo | |
| Marilyn Norry | ... | Rosemary Nyle | |
| Gerry South | ... | Skinny Hesher | |
| Chris Gauthier | ... | Fat Hesher | |
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Sara Stockstad | ... | Anna Arboria |
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Roy Campsall | ... | Sentionaut |
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Geoffrey Conder | ... | Mutant |
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Colombe Meighan | ... | Baby Elena |
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Ryley Zinger | ... | Unmasked Sentionaut (as Riley Zinger) |
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Vincente Rodriguez Lima | ... | Mexican DJ |
Spanning over two decades of research and innovation from the 1960s to the early-1980s, the Arboria Institute--a secluded New Age commune and a state-of-the-art research facility--and the pill-popping psychiatrist, Dr Barry Nyle, are particularly interested in their newest specimen: the female patient, Elena. To begin to understand her mind-boggling telekinetic and telepathic abilities, the demented doctor keeps Elena heavily sedated and in a constant catatonic state; however, her capabilities are unfathomable. What are Dr Nyle's deeper intentions? In the end, could the institute's utopian doctrine be flawed after all? Written by Nick Riganas
OK so for convenience, I'll just break it down to the kind of people who will like this movie, vs. those who won't. You pick your category and then you will know if you should see it. Because 1 out of 20 people will love this, and the rest will think it is the worst movie ever.
You will love it if: 1: You felt 2001 could have been even slower paced and still be awesome 2: You love really thinky sci-fi even if it doesn't involve people shooting aliens 3: You are crazy in love with 80's hair styles and weird synth music (this movie takes place in 1983, and takes that responsibility VERY seriously) 4: You loved Agent Smith's delivery of lines in The Matrix, and would have liked it if he talked even more slowly and threateningly 5: You think the only good sci-fi is 70's Russian sci-fi
You will hate this movie if: 1: You enjoy having more than one person deliver lines over the course of two hours (basically one speaking part in this movie, though the actor does a good job) 2: You don't like when movies are very, very pretentious 3: You like your movies to generally make an effort to make sense (at one point I swear the main guy gets a phone call from Speak-n-Spell) 4: You don't like when movies spend a considerable amount of their running time trying to injure the viewer's senses 5: You like a really good ending (if you look over the reviews, whether people loved or hated this movie everyone agrees the ending was weak)
All things considered, I really liked this movie, and so did the people I saw it with. But that's a bunch of film geeks. If you're a weird film geek too, I recommend it.