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Sleep Dealer (2008)
sadly not worth the time
I really don't know why this movie gets praised in the reviews and has a relatively high score. (5.9 at the time) Sure it's a low budget film and it's impressive to pull something like this off, chase your dreams and realize the movie you always wanted to make, but in my opinion it doesn't deserve a higher score than 3.
First off the only interesting part of the movie is the future work issue and it should have focused on this a lot more. I don't know if i should blame the writing or the acting, but the love story and the other story string seem so forced it hurts. Also there isn't much tension between the characters. their development is very one dimensional and weak, just like the story overall. It was at no time thrilling, but rather boring. Which is the fault of the acting, writing, the general plot and the cutting which wasn't good either. Some scenes just don't fit or end too fast. After watching the making of i can also say that the idea just wasn't good enough or well thought out and that it felt like they had to stretch the movie to get this runtime.
In the end i'd say portraying work in the future or general sci-fi is an approach that could be interesting, if it's done right.