Restore Point
A decent sci-fi movie almost drowns in police procedural cliché in Restore Point (Bod Obnovy), a Czech movie owing something to Blade Runner – but then so much sci-fi does. The year is 2041 and in a world of driverless cars, dizzy buildings and swooshy screen tech, cop Emma Trochinowska (Andrea Mohylová) is assigned to investigate the death of the head of research at the Restore Institute, a creepy megacorps whose USP is selling people another crack at life if theirs ends “unnaturally”. As long – and much of the plot hangs on this detail – as they have a recent back-up from which to restore. The backup on standby is the way everyone … Read more