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OtherLife

2017Movie1 h 36 min

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An intriguing, layered sci-fi movie about technology and the future.

Good for friends night · teens · thought-provoking

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Story

A whole year in a minute

Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLife expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate.

Feels like

  • Mind-bending Sci-Fi
  • Virtual Reality
  • Psychological Thriller
  • Dystopian
  • Technology and Humanity
  • Intriguing Mystery
  • Social Commentary
  • Existential Themes

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Directed by
Ben C. Lucas

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Facts

June 16, 2017 · 1 h 36 min · Drug Use, Disturbing Imagery

Released
June 16, 2017
Runtime
1 h 36 min
Content
Drug Use, Disturbing Imagery
Genres
Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery
Original language
English
Made in
Australia
Available in
32 countries

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