2012 Directed by Nir Paniry
Thomas Jacobs invents a way to watch people's memories from the inside. Going against his morals, he accepts an offer to enter a heroin addict's memories to literally see if he committed a crime. However,a malfunction causes his consciousness to become trapped inside the criminal's mind. He remains a prisoner in the addict's memories for more than four years until he discovers the possibility of escape.
Extraction, 익스트랙티드, Memory Effect – Verloren in einer anderen Dimension
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Extracted is one of those movies that you find by chance without knowing anything about it or that no one will recommend it, not even I knew of its existence, in short, I started to see it without any expectations towards it.
If I had to define this film I would name it as interesting because for me that is what best fits the proposal of this one. In it, we are introduced to a story of intrigue through science fiction. The inventor of an artifact that allows getting into the memories of others is trapped in the mind of a convicted drug addict. Once there, he manages to communicate with his host to find a way out.
At first,…
"Extracted" is a solid, mind-bending indie thriller that unfolds like "Inception" meets "Strange Days" but packs a distinctive punch of its own. It is an effective piece of small-scale science fiction.
The story focuses on a man who has built a device that allows people to relive memories. When the device is modified so that people can experience the memories of others, its inventor becomes trapped in the mind of an alleged murderer. While his physical body languishes, he must find a way out of his host's subconscious. This set up is intriguing, and, though there are a few threads that do not quite connect, the narrative develops satisfyingly.
The production is solid, bearing the hallmarks of its independent pedigree. Performances are strong and elevate material that would have been undercut in less polished hands. The film, overall, is subtly stirring: "Extracted" is a worthy, twisty, and entertaining experience.
Great sci-fi doesn’t need a huge budget if the concept is engrossing enough! Not every science fiction flick has to be a spectacle like Inception, the ideas presented in recent favs like Upgrade, Final Cut, I’ll Follow You Down, and Extracted weren’t aided by huge budgets but their stories were so good that it never becomes a concern.
The story is about an invention of a machine which can put a person inside someone’s memory. Of course it’s a privately funded experiment but the states department shares interest and puts up a convicted junkie as a test subject to determine whether or not he murdered his girlfriend. After a malfunction the scientists mind becomes trapped inside the troubled memories while his body is in a coma. No more setup is necessary.
I had fun with Extracted
A satisfying little mind reading thriller.
This guy builds a machine in which he can enter other people's minds, wander around in them and find out if their words agree with their memories. But he gets stuck from the first time, and is obliged to live a vegetative life on his own, but being alive in the other guys memories before finding a possibility of getting succesfully extracted. He realizes that his situation is more complicated, and finds out that the truth is not always reflected in the memories he's witnessing...
Small-scale, with decent acting (how come I never heard of Mollen before?) and some nice shifts in color to distinguish between the different conditions, it's easy to follow, and apart from the fact it's never really captivating or tense, there's little negative to say about this resulting in a peculiar scifi thriller drama.
Extracted reminds me conceptually of The Cell, that slick, J-Lo horror-ish detective-ish movie. The plots between the two are conceptually similar (go into the mind to get information), although there's little horror-as-a-genre in Extracted (regardless of what the cover looks like), and much more mystery/drama.
What makes Extracted excel is the various layers that have been concocted: four characters of varying importance, each building up their own character (of course), but also building up at least one of the other characters at the same time. Maybe this should go without saying; nearly every narrative is composed of two or more characters in dialogue (in action, if not actually verbally). But there's something about the way the characters rotate around each…
فيلم لم اتوقع منه الكثير لكنه فاجئني بحبكة مروية بسلاسة و برغم من انتمائه لنوعية افلام الخيال العلمي الى انه وجد طريقة للإلتفاف حول الميزانيات الضخمة التي تمتاز بيها هاته الأفلام و قام بسرد القصة ببساطة رغم صعوبة الفكرة فيلم يستحق المشاهدة 💛
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Film #46 of "52 Years In 52 Weeks (2019)"
Week #46: 2012
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Indie sci-fi flick with a thriller subplot, which unfortunately is not as compelling as its original premise. However, the whole concept maybe would've been more riveting for a BLACK MIRROR episode to explore the idea even further. It's nonetheless an interesting film with some intriguing questions brought to the table.
Interesting idea, some quick turns, fair exit. Three very dedicated main characters that make the movie alive.
Really enjoyed this one. Indie sci fi is usually a great watch, and the simpler it seems, the more complicated it is. It's like if Primer was fairly easy to understand.
I was intrigued and then the movie fell apart for me.
Sasha Roiz invents a machine that can take a person into another person's memories. Untested they decide to have a go in felon's head.
Unfortunately, Sasha's tour was originally a 3-hour tour but ended up being much longer due to some glitch putting him into a coma in the real world but fully awake in the felon's memories.
The movie takes us through the felon's memories.
What is real, what can one convince one to believe, what is happening, finally, what the hell did I just watch?
By the end of the movie I had no clue what was going on.
I appreciate that this movie exists but, that’ about all the praise I can offer. The themes it flirted with are huge, the nature of consciousness, drug addiction, and so on. But, the story treated them lightly and tried to tell a boring story about a junkie who finds his soul before it’s too late. The science was lazy and easily dismissed. The acting was hard to watch. I don’t expect great performances from a low budget scifi story but, science fiction gives you the license to be creative and innovative with philosophy and science. Nothing made sense, the character’s motivations were plain and uninspired. I feel like all the neat ideas were mined from other sources. All in all,…
