The world is a voluntary dystopia sustained by technology and human complacency. Why make the effort of having a private life when everything can be recorded in the cloud? Why bother investigating physical evidence if everything everybody sees is accessible to the police? Why keep memories if you have records? This is the premise of Anon, with the mandatory retro dystopian look to demonstrate stagnation and self delusion, with the tragic silent strong detective and the brilliant and stunning criminal as main characters.
It's a movie that feels like Blade Runner had a child with Sea of Love and it was delivered by a smartphone cesarian. The actors did a good job, the design was overwhelmingly more important than the story, which was minimalistic and felt like a prop. However, in the end, it's just a lazy movie that wants to appear discussing important zeitgeist issues, but doesn't make the effort. The dystopia is here, so is the complacency, this movie proves it.
It's a movie that feels like Blade Runner had a child with Sea of Love and it was delivered by a smartphone cesarian. The actors did a good job, the design was overwhelmingly more important than the story, which was minimalistic and felt like a prop. However, in the end, it's just a lazy movie that wants to appear discussing important zeitgeist issues, but doesn't make the effort. The dystopia is here, so is the complacency, this movie proves it.