A tight little British paranormal thriller centered around a dream and dealing with the themes of precognition and predestination.
Although the intent was alright and the execution was impeccable, but the thematic ideas lacked exploration and therefore today come across as dated and crude.
But the device of a precognitive dream does a few interesting things. First, like Miracle Mile, it explores not the idea itself but the impact of that idea on the mass psyche. Basically, it suggests that the power of a premonition derives, not as much from a predestined fate, but more so from the free-will of the masses. If we come to know about a future event, somehow the sum-total of our behavior paradoxically acts as a catalyst to the actuality of that event. Second, a very interesting observation that I read in another review here, that our technological evolution paradoxically puts us more at the mercy of fate. The more complexity we build, the more ghostly voids of abstraction are created, and thus the more moving parts for things to go wrong.
Although the intent was alright and the execution was impeccable, but the thematic ideas lacked exploration and therefore today come across as dated and crude.
But the device of a precognitive dream does a few interesting things. First, like Miracle Mile, it explores not the idea itself but the impact of that idea on the mass psyche. Basically, it suggests that the power of a premonition derives, not as much from a predestined fate, but more so from the free-will of the masses. If we come to know about a future event, somehow the sum-total of our behavior paradoxically acts as a catalyst to the actuality of that event. Second, a very interesting observation that I read in another review here, that our technological evolution paradoxically puts us more at the mercy of fate. The more complexity we build, the more ghostly voids of abstraction are created, and thus the more moving parts for things to go wrong.