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Title: Less than it seems
Review: Can't touch the actor performances, but the story is more a competing morass of themes that leave the ending dead. There is no real convergence of meaning because the themes never come together. The psychiatric world is characterized accurately, especially in Dr. Railly's self-affirming statement to her supervisor.Cole never figures out what his flashbacks are all about, and at the last minute takes an about face to change the future he knows can't be done. What the time travel, psy-world, and animals rights activists have in common is unknown from start to end. Each of these themes aren't explored and converged to produce anything stimulating.Rent it if you're bored. A much better story and drama is The Fifth Element.
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