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Our best memories often help us through the worst days, while our worst memories have a tendency to come back to haunt us. And in the sci-fi thriller Reversion, one family’s quest to enhance the good memories and suppress the bad ones ends up covering up a deep, dark family secret.
Reversion digs up the past with Sophie Clé (Aja Naomi King), the daughter of billionaire medical researcher Jack Clé (Colm Feore), who’s about to launch a ground-breaking device called the Oubli. The Oubli allows users to replay their best memories in vivid detail—and although it has its share of critics, it’s poised to be an overwhelming success. But after Sophie is kidnapped by a strange woman one night, her best memories begin to turn into nightmares, causing her to question both her father’s research and the memories that she’s been replaying.
What starts out as a story about a revolutionary device that promises to change the world quickly turns into a dark and paranoid thriller.
It all begins with an intriguing (though not completely original) concept. If you could enhance some of your best memories—even if it meant that you might lose others—would you? The Oubli allows users to bring a kind of home movie highlight reel wherever they go—but instead of grainy, shaky video footage, it replays the moment to make it a full sensory experience: the smell of the flowers, the cooling feeling of a gentle breeze, the taste of your favorite treat.
But, of course, science is never that simple—especially not in the movies. It soon becomes clear that Sophie’s father is hiding something—that he’s closely guarding his daughter and her memories. There seems to be something sinister lurking beneath the surface of this innovative scientific breakthrough. As the truth slowly comes into focus, what follows is a haunting mystery that unfolds as she attempts to uncover the secrets in her own past. And though it plays out in a way that sometimes feels a little too familiar, it’s still tense and suspenseful.
At the same time, though, while the story is eerie and mysterious, it isn’t entirely satisfying. Most of the pieces come together in the end, but their fit isn’t flawless. The details don’t always make sense, and some of the characters’ actions don’t always fit their story. And that makes Reversion an entertaining but imperfect thriller.
The ideas behind this sci-fi mystery are definitely interesting—and that makes Reversion worth a look for sci-fi fans. But it probably won’t stand out as one of your own best memories.
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