For me Sleep Dealer presents quite a great combination of sci-fi, drama and romance in it. It opens up mysteriously, in a level just enough to incite the viewers' curiosity in combination with the catchy title.. The movie runs on a combination of heavy multiple sci-fi concepts. Yet the screenplay and direction managed to let all those concepts can be explained adequately with enough details and immerse with the focus story nicely. I particularly like the use of simple effects in video editing such as blurring and light plays here and there to distinguish which moments are of reality, memory, or first person control. The one thing felt very much lacking in this movie is the visual effects. The drones and their shadows don't look convincingly blended with the footage, even when the film has apparently received color adjusting treatments. The acting overall is just enough to make the whole story and concepts delivered to the viewers. Pena and Varela acted out nicely though they're not perfect performances.
Review of Sleep Dealer
