Battle of Memories

Chinese/ Thai co-production about a man, going through a divorce, who has a procedure done which removes select memories from his mind. He later has the surgery reversed, to regain his lost memories, and finds his memory is now somehow linked with that of a killer, possibly a serial killer. A major problem is that he sees the memories the killer has * in first person *, so when he attempts to tell the local authorities, he becomes prime suspect in the double murder, and thrown into Hannibal Lector's plexiglass holding cell.

The subject of memory has always fascinated me, as I am burdened with an eidetic memory, so this film's premise obviously intrigued me, the surgical removal of painful memories, pleasurable memories, unforgettable things, things best left forgotten, so I enjoyed this film, but found it to be uneven, and a bit overlong.

Clever use of plot twists. As with sixth sense, you watch it twice to check for clues missed on first viewing.

I went to watch this movie with my best friend and her father this weekend at the movie theater.

I thought that the plot of the movie was excellent. The beginning was very creative. The relationship between the characters was very complex and well planned. Also, the movie gave the audience a lot of room and freedom to imagine what could happen.

The acting was very convincing. The actors poured a lot of passion in their respective roles. The child in the movie showed a great range of emotions. The on-screen relationship between the police officer and the protagonist was awesome to watch.

This is an amazing and fantastic movie and I recommend it strongly. Go watch it now!!!

Saw this with my wife in a AMC Cinema in Columbus, Ohio. We were two of a total of 9 people in the theater. ....Which was too bad, because this was a very well done, fun, entertaining movie: much better than the schlock playing in the other 23 rooms of the complex.

The idea of memory erasure and insertion is not totally new (see "Total Recall") nor is the idea of two different humans memories competing (See "Get Out") Nevertheless, this movie has some original ideas about the problem and an intricate web of a story that emerges in the confusion of the competing memories.

Outstanding acting and cinematography. Visually stunning. The lead actor is particularly convincing. Beautiful Chinese costars, exciting pace, keeps you guessing. My only complaint is that the writer/director actually tried to do a little too much with the complicated story. For example, the similarly confusing "Get Out" snaps together into perfect coherence after the last 60 seconds of the movie. In "Battle of Memories", the pieces don't quite all fit together at the end. Nevertheless, overall the movie was great entertainment, exciting, well acted, very interesting, beautiful to watch - we enjoyed the evening.

Saw this recently on a DVD. A decent serial killer film with a dash of sci fiction.The film is about this new technology where one can remove unwanted memories at a cost. This new procedure is not approved by majority of the nations. Our lead character who is on the verge of divorce, goes to center to remove his memories of his marital life n he succeeds. At the center, a commotion n shootout happens n our guy drops his deleted memories which is in some box. No prize for guessing what happens next as it is already mentioned in the synopsis. Later the wife tells our lead to get back his memories before she signs the divorce papers as she wants to tell something important. The guy goes back n retrieves his memories but as it was quite predictable during the shootout, our guy's memories have been swiped. He now has the memories of a serial killer inside his brain. He is later put into a lock up (the same glass one from Silence of the lambs where Hopkins was put) for assaulting the director of the center blaming him for the wrong memories n not realizing that it got swiped during the commotion. Now the killer has our guy's memories n our guy is worried that his wife is in danger. Our guy is helped by a cop n his junior to track down the killer before its too late. The acting n direction was decent. The movie moved at a decent pace except for some scenes in the lock up n during the middle. Don't expect a fast paced thriller. Our lead guy is not some ex military or ex government intelligence. Ther r no fast paced chases, shoot outs, fights, car chases. May find shades of Minority report, Total recall, Solace.