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2047: Virtual Revolution
France / Canada / USA 2016
produced by Guy-Roger Duvert, Gil Aglaure (executive), Nicolo Laurent (executive) for Lidderdalei Productions
directed by Guy-Roger Duvert
starring Mike Dopud, Jane Badler, Jochen Hägele, Maximilien Poullein, Kaya Blocksage, Petra Silander, Emilien De Falco, Nicolas Van Beveren, Elie Haddad, Zoe Corraface, Eric Kailey, Melissa Mars, Salem Kali, Pascal Gilles, Hoda Safiah, Leslie Carles, Sébastien Novac, Patrick Guérineau, Serge Crozon-Cazin, Audrey Giacomini, Julien Toilliez, Frédéric Deleersnyder, Mickael Moise, Aurore Klein (as Aurore Schaeffer), Lucile Wawrzyniak, Olivier Faursel, Vincent Ceus, Tchewk Essafi, Maxence Fertein, Yves Yan, Franck Gonzalez
written and music by Guy-Roger Duvert, visual effects supervisor: Matt Hoffman, stunt coordinator Gil Demurger
review by Mike Haberfelner
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In 2047, everyone's online, all the time - and not so much for
practical purposes. Actually, online gaming has taken over the world to
such an extent that most of the population has taken refuge in some VR
worlds where they live through formulaic adventure fantasies that have no
purpose other than pure escapism. But the gouvernments around the world
support that kind of behaviour, as human workforce is hardly needed
anymore, and since gamers have a shorter lifespan and less needs, it's
much cheaper to pay them to stay in their virtual worlds rather than
paying them unemployment, healt insurance and such. Nash (Mike Dopud) is
a hybrid, meaning he's a gamer who still has links to the real world and
still leaves the VR ever so often to work in his actual job as
investigator and enforcer for the Synteris corporation, one of the leading
VR suppliers. And Dina (Jane Badler), head of Synteris, desperately needs
someone like Nash right now, as there's the rebellion who wants to free
humankind of its VR bane to make everyone live in the real world again,
and they repeatedly plant viruses that actually kill gamers. Now the FBI
has already picked up the scent, and that's why Nash is quite as badly
needed, as he needs to track down the rebels (called
"Necromancers") before the FBI can so Synteris can properly hush
things up. Nash isn't sure he likes any of this, but he does like the
money - until he meets Camylle (Kaya Blocksage), head of the Necromancers,
who puts massive doubts in Nash's head. And suddenly Nash finds himself in
the center of a war that isn't his, and has no idea where he wants to
stand or if it's a winnable war even ... Now of course, in
story and style this movie is a bit reminiscent of sci-fi classics like Blade
Runner and The Matrix, to name just a few, and has its fair
share of videogame references - but it manages to spin a very nice yarn
around the world it manages to believably create, a story that at the same
time is intelligent and allows a lot of action and shoot-outs, and that
has its suitably cheesy bits without being either dumb or mornic. And
good, grungy lucks and proper build-up of tension go hand in hand here to
really suck the viewer into the story, even if the plot might not be 100%
comprehensible after just one watch. Definitely recommended!
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