In a story that looks quite different as he speaks of a memoryless man, he begins his journey with the help of one of his fellow Auschwitz survivors and a handwritten message. The journey began as a widowed widowed suffering from amnesia begins a journey across the country to find the former Nazi responsible for the death of his family, and there may be many challenges he faces during that exciting trip.
The film's real thrills are to be found in the fragility and confusion of Plummer's performance. At 85, few actors find leading roles and he's the oldest actor to have won an Oscar (for Beginners); he deserved better than this.
This lurid and disorienting story of an old man out for revenge is a Memento-like narrative puzzle enhanced by the immense presence of Christopher Plummer.
Atom Egoyan's bold but often ludicrous Remember plays a like a mash-up of The Terminator, Marathon Man and Memento, as filtered through the lens of an old Twilight Zone episode.
