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The Final Cut

Actor(s): Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, James Caviezel, Mimi Kuzyk, Thom Bishops
Director(s): Omar Naim
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2004
DVD Release: 03/22/2005
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins
Studio: Lions Gate
Total Copies: 88
Genres: Science Fiction, Tech Noir, Psychological Sci-Fi

DVD Synopsis

First-time filmmaker Omar Naim writes and directs the sci-fi drama The Final Cut. Set in the near future, the story concerns a microchip that is capable of recording a person's entire life. Robin Williams plays Alan Hakman, an editor who cuts together the footage to make pleasant movies for funerals. Tormented by his job and his own memories, Alan also has a troubled romantic relationship with bookseller Delilah (Mira Sorvino). While looking through footage for his next project, Alan discovers a man whom he believes is from his own past. Meanwhile, former editor Fletcher (James Caviezel) wants the footage for his own purposes. The Final Cut was shown at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Actors

Robin Williams - Alan Hakman
Mira Sorvino - Delila
James Caviezel - Fletcher
Mimi Kuzyk - Thelma
Thom Bishops - Hasan

Member Movie Reviews

Patrick D. (Madmanx) from BEAVERTON, OR wrote on 3/23/2008...

A mystery/thriller type story. No big surprises or twists, but decent enough to give a look-see.

Tina O. (Swan) from HENDERSON, NC wrote on 2/10/2008...

1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Once was enough to watch this one.

Jason C. (JJC) from NEWARK, NJ wrote on 12/28/2007...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This little-seen independent sci-fi flick came and went without any stain on the movie mainframe...I snagged a used copy of it on DVD and finally watched and enjoyed it very much.

It's the not-so-distant future and people now have the option of inserting a "Zoe Implant," a chip stored in your brain during infancy that preserves the memory of their entire life. When that Zoe implantee dies, their chip/memory is then stored on a playback disc and usually it is the request of the deceased's family to hire a "cutter" to edit the memory down to the length of a feature film, for a showing at their funeral and of course for personal playback use...usually the good stuff. This also of course has its controversial political views...mostly from liberal-types.

Alan Hakman (Williams) is the best and most renowned cutter in the biz. He is a very quiet and personal man who lives and breathes the cutter life. However, things start to brew when Alan is asked to cut the memory of a dead political figure with dark secrets named Bannister. He's visited by Fletcher (Jim Caviezel), a former cutter who mysteriously left the biz and disappeared for years. He is somewhat obsessed over the Bannister job that he hires a personal thug to assist him in obtaining the data. But Alan has other reasons not to give up the Bannister job, for in the politician's memory lies a secret from Alan's dark past that's been haunting him for 40 years and needs to sort through for his own sanity.

Also in the mix is Delila (Mira Sorvino), whom Alan has strong feelings for and is just about the only link for him to the reality that is a life. So Alan is now forced to deal with all this, which could cost him everything he's lived for.

This movie was very well-done considering the modest budget. Newbie writer and director Omar Naim gives us a well put together, smart sci-fi flick here. I was pleasantly surprised. Robin Williams delivers another fine genre performance as does Jim Caviezel.

This is good sci-fi, check it out...