Altered Perceptions

Even though there are some interesting ideas, no other aspect of this film works. Most of the acting is amateurish. It makes you realize how difficult it can be to act convincingly.

It is overly long. Parts of the score is probably the best ingredient in this film. The cinematography is nothing special. I lost interest less than halfway through but did finish the film.

No way is this anywhere, anywhere near a 10 film. To keep the reviews relatively honest, maybe those involved in the film should only put one 10 review on here. I can only assume all the tens have some connection to the film.

Again, I rented this and I regret it.

Director. Jorge Ameer's "Altered Perceptions" is a post apocalyptic feature film released in 2023. The screenwriter, Dr. Wayne C. Dees, a neurologist by profession, was inspired to write this narrative during the pandemic shutdown. As a scientist, Dees addresses current issues at hand with acumen. In this riveting thriller, a pandemic sweeps the nation in the face of civil unrest, rioting and deepfake news. Adults over age 60 infected with the scourge experience extreme danger to themselves and others.

The characters in this film, a politician, a few seniors and others are likable despite their foibles. In the midst of the chaos and crisis, a time traveling prophet presents as a source of. Inspiration. "Altered Perceptions" is an important film portraying the tenor of the times.

I met Jorge Ameer in the DVD section of a popular record store in Los Angeles, California. We had a great conversation about the movie industry. And to my surprise, he told me that he was, in fact, a film director and said I should check out his film Altered Perception.

So I went home and watched it. Who would have thought a filmmaker could add anything new to the Sci-Fi genre? This movie does just that.

Oran Stainbrook, Danny Fehsenfeld, and Matt Fling performed outstandingly in this film.

Kudos to Jorge Ameer and his very ambitious independent film. I can't wait to see what he has in store next.

Definitely something you haven't seen before - tying together a lot of current applicable areas of conflict in todays bifurcated political world such as Covid, Covid vaccinations, LGBTQ rights and racism - tied together with a fictional virus to show how a divided world reacts to adversity.

A pretty strong cast, and while the lower budget is evident in certain shots / wardrobe, it plays well and has a tangibly indie feel that's refreshing.

It would have been nice to see a slightly more developed relationship between some of the main characters so we could sympathize more with their predicament/ very evident anguish later on in the film, and I thought that the music bed wasn't necessary to be constantly playing though out some scenes - but overall it's an ambitious and gripping experience. Just prepare for a bit of frontal nudity as well.

"Altered Perceptions" stumbles through its story with lengthy, redundant conversations likely to compel even its most charitable watchers to internally give up. It qualifies to become a late-night flick like Soylent Green, a poor take on a sci-fi nightmare or a bureaucratic parody targeting the intolerance of the folks in control. Get ready to have your psyche shattered.

It may seem like a relevant, seductive, sci-fi brain-sweeper that is Jorge Ameer's most impassioned and edgy film so far, but it contains no rationality at all from one moment to another, with the situations scarcely even relating to one another. It may be one of the most explosive, hypnotic, sci-fi nail-biters since Demolition Man, spoofing natural tragedy and cultural criticism, but stuff becomes so faulty in the couple of hours it takes to watch this movie that real societal problems seem delightful by comparison. Still, that cannot be a valid justification to check out this movie. "Altered Perceptions" stages an overcomplicated tale that tries to mix types without any defined order, and it stumbles shy of its goals.

One extra star for the naked guy, though, just because it's quite a choice.