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The Final Cut

The Final Cut

Drama · Mystery · Science Fiction · 2004

Set in a world with memory implants, Alan Hakman is a 'cutter'—someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories—but his latest assignment puts him in great danger.

Movie details

The Final Cut

“In the end, he sees everything.”

2004 Drama · Mystery · Science Fiction 1h 35m

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6.1 / 10

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Set in a world with memory implants, Alan Hakman is a 'cutter'—someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories—but his latest assignment puts him in great danger.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Omar Naim

Written by

Omar Naim

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Alan W. Hakman

Mira Sorvino

Mira Sorvino

Delila

Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel

Fletcher

Mimi Kuzyk

Mimi Kuzyk

Thelma

Stephanie Romanov

Stephanie Romanov

Jennifer Bannister

Genevieve Buechner

Genevieve Buechner

Isabel Bannister

Brendan Fletcher

Brendan Fletcher

Michael

Court is in session

Put The Final Cut on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.