Reminiscence is a 2021 American neo-noir science fiction thriller film written and directed by Lisa Joy, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis, Marina de Tavira, and Daniel Wu, and follows a man who uses a machine that can see people's memories to try and find his missing love. Joy also produces alongside her husband and creative partner Jonathan Nolan. Reminiscence was released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on August 20, 2021, and also has a month-long simultaneous release in the country on the ad-free tier of the HBO Max streaming service. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its narrative ambition but compared it unfavorably to similarly themed works like The Maltese Falcon and Westworld.[6] It was a box office bomb having grossed $4 million against a $110 million break-even point and had the worst debut of all-time for a film playing in over 3,000 theaters.
In the near future, climate change has caused the seas to rise and flood Miami. Extreme daytime temperatures have forced most people to live at night. Nicolas "Nick" Bannister and his friend and fellow veteran Emily "Watts" Sanders operate a business that allows people to relive specific memories. Watts operates the equipment while Nick provides psychological prompts to help the clients. One day, a walk-in client, Mae, arrives, asking for his help finding her missing keys. Nick is instantly attracted to her and, the next night visits the club where she works as a waitress and singer. Mae makes an impression on him when she happens to sing his favorite song. Nick and Mae begin a relationship, to the chagrin of Watts, who distrusts her. Nick later wakes up in his company's sensory deprivation tank, revealing that he has been reliving his relationship with Mae repeatedly, a dangerous practice that could forever trap him in the memory. Mae disappeared without a word months ago, and Nick has been searching for her ever since. Prosecutor Avery Castillo hires Nick and Watts to retrieve the memories from a comatose suspect that they believe worked for a drug kingpin named Saint Joe. In the man's memories, Nick sees Mae working as a waitress in a club. She quickly becomes Saint Joe's mistress, and he hooks her on "Baca," a highly addictive narcotic. The memories also contain evidence of Mae, made hard and cold by her addiction, stealing Saint Joe's stash of Baca and fleeing town. Nick is devastated to learn that Mae was an addict, something that Watts already knew.
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