Reminiscence: Die Erinnerung stirbt nie

Die Vision vom überschwemmten Miami in einem Noir-Mantel der Lichter der Nacht mit einem unsicheren und verliebten Jackman, dem die schöne Femme fatale Rebecca den Kopf verdreht hat, ist nicht schlecht. Sie werden sich an Blade Runner und Sin City erinnern. Rebecca, die in einem roten Kleid auf dem Podium singt, ruft Erinnerung an die Zeichentrickfigur Jessica Rabbit aus Falsches Spiel mit Roger Rabbit wach. Das Potenzial einer schönen, rührenden Lovestory wurde hier aber durch die holprige und uninteressante Detektivgeschichte zerstört. Dies hat auch einen negativen Einfluss auf die Bedeutung der interessanten formalen Stilisierung. (19.10.2021)

Hugh Jackman searches his own memories to find out what happened to his love, Rebecca Ferguson, but he may not be prepared for what he finds. Lisa Joy delivers a visually appealing combination of science fiction and noir that perhaps borrows too much from other films, but the two hours pass unexpectedly pleasantly. (25.08.2021)

Not my cup of coffee, but more digestible than I'd expected, though I would have preferred Logan 2. It has a pretty interesting story about unlocking lost memories and it’s a shame that it had to go down the romantic-crime line. I would have been more interested in the memories of assassins and hitmen, but it's directed by a woman, so there’s. Hugh Jackman is solid and Rebecca Ferguson is irresistibly seductive, though I found her character quite underused. It's got quite nice and intimate visuals, surprisingly there are two action scenes (one shootout and one fight), but the finale didn't grab me, it lacks a distinct style. Reminiscence doesn't really stand out, it's about half throttle, but the ladies might be satisfied, the emotions work really well here and the dialogue had something going for it at times, too. Story 3/5, Action 2/5, Humour 0/5, Violence 0/5, Fun 3/5 Music 3/5, Visuals 4/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 2/5, Emotions 3/5. 6/10. (23.08.2021)

A clever noir crime movie about memories embedded in a (future) sunken Miami, suffers from being too fragmented. Lisa Joy knows what she wants to say, but lacks the ability to tell a story that her husband and brother-in-law have. She’s a bit more of a copy-cat than them. The story would benefit from dark, dirty visuals. The polished post-apocalyptic Miami is too pretty to make Jackman depressed. More blood would help, R-rating is a must with any good noir movie, this is too clean. But despite all that, I give it a thumbs up and I’m sorry that it bombed in the movie theaters. Lisa definitely deserves another chance. P.S.: Rebecca Ferguson was simply born to play divine femmes fatales. (26.08.2021)

Ich schätze den Versuch einer besonderen, alten Schule neo-noir Geschichte in spezifischen futuristischen Kulissen, aber Reminiscence funktioniert leider praktisch nicht als zufriedenstellendes Filmerlebnis und zieht sich unglaublich lange hin. Ich habe es selbst kaum dreimal zu Ende geschafft, und das ist praktisch "mein Genre". Man konnte den Versuch sehen, aber es hat nicht geklappt. (16.06.2022)

Noir is a genre that has that magical quality where if such a film fails in style, it becomes terribly funny. And with Reminiscence, I was chuckling like a madman at times. By which the film proves once again, among other things, how that famous "best unrealized screenplays" label doesn't guarantee anything, because it's just a crappy rip-off of Strange Days (despite there being no comparison). With more capable direction and especially set design, this could have withstood a lot, because the subject matter isn't entirely bad; but just the way it all feels artificial and cheaply staged makes it stand out for how stupidly written, acted, and produced it is. Still, I'm glad someone took on this retrofuturistic neo-noir without trying to "instructively" look down on it, which is rare these days. (19.11.2021)