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MOVIE REVIEW: BATTLE OF MEMORIES

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7/10 In the future a new healthcare procedure is introduced - the unwanted memories of an individual can be erased at a price. Feng, a successful writer, has undergone the procedure, but has to come back for his memories - the only way his wife will divorce him is if he has all the memories of her restored. Things get twisted however when, instead of his memories, Feng is exposed to the memories of a serial killer. The only way to catch him is to remember everything. But as the killer's memories bring out violent behaviour in Feng, it may be not too long before he himself is turned into a monster.  The best thing about THE BATTLE OF MEMORIES is how fresh the screenplay feels. It is a small budget production that puts up a sophisticated and ambitious thriller with a few interesting sci fi ideas, and a compelling mystery. The story loses momentum somewhere in the middle, but recovers towards the end, nicely wrapping up most of the details that at first seemed unclear or o