Well, they fooled me. Won't mention my suspicion and spoil it for others.
It's low budget but well worked out. The criticism about confusion in the plot doesn't hold, but I do think they made a mistake in the story telling. At about 30 mins the investigator is able to channel the subject's current state of consciousness, even though their connection was broken four years earlier. This is resolved, but it takes about 15 mins and in that time I was losing a bit of faith in the story. Should have explained it straight away.
Another criticism is that they had to rely on a recap montage toward the end - same kind of thing as used in Predestination. In this case I don't think it was necessary because the puzzle is nice and tight. They might have used that time to give us more insight on the victim to increase the emotional hit.
But it does end good and emotional, which I guess is hard to achieve with one of these puzzlers.
So - not perfect, but good entertainment. Thanks to the other reviewers for recommending.
It's low budget but well worked out. The criticism about confusion in the plot doesn't hold, but I do think they made a mistake in the story telling. At about 30 mins the investigator is able to channel the subject's current state of consciousness, even though their connection was broken four years earlier. This is resolved, but it takes about 15 mins and in that time I was losing a bit of faith in the story. Should have explained it straight away.
Another criticism is that they had to rely on a recap montage toward the end - same kind of thing as used in Predestination. In this case I don't think it was necessary because the puzzle is nice and tight. They might have used that time to give us more insight on the victim to increase the emotional hit.
But it does end good and emotional, which I guess is hard to achieve with one of these puzzlers.
So - not perfect, but good entertainment. Thanks to the other reviewers for recommending.