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Restoration
Restoration (2016) Movie Poster
Australia  •    •  50m  •    •  Directed by: Stuart Willis.  •  Starring: Craig McLachlan, Grant Cartwright, Nadia Townsend, Stephen Carracher, Rosie Lourde, Ailís Logan, Elizabeth Nabben, Harrison Ring, Jessinda Willis, Heidi Valkenburg, Ellen Grimshaw, Michelle Cookson, Tristan McLindon.  •  Music by: David Barber.
    In a near-future world, where individuals have their memories downloaded for backup, a man awakes in a body that is not his own.

Review:

Image from: Restoration (2016)
Image from: Restoration (2016)
Image from: Restoration (2016)
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This was shown on TV split into to 30min by Ch9 Australia 2016 and I think that was a bad idea as watching the first half would not keep you engaged to watch the second part. The story leaves a few plot lines unresolved. It feels like the story was compromised to contain it in 60min. There was a plot twist in second half that I thought was clever to resolve the blackmail. The main problem with this movie is the plot but production and acting were OK.

The concept of wiping memory to hide a crime is an interesting one. The sci-fi about memory backup and replacement bodies is better told in the book Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton - see https:en.wikipedia.orgwikiCommonwealth_Saga#Longevity. The hardest part of the plot is believing your backup would be willing to kill your original self and body deliberate or accidental. I suppose you could argue that mind + body interacted to produce a killer or perhaps the backup is not complete copy. Extra points for pointing out clones would smell different.

Review by snowy-12 from the Internet Movie Database.

 
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