Plot: Mayumi and Naoki live in space after a major disaster destroyed most of the Earth. Mayumi didn't survive the event, but her memory was uploaded into an android body. The tech isn't perfected yet and Naoki disconnects her whenever she malfunctions, each time going back to a previous version of her memory, hoping for better results.
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October 18, 2024
After Arc, my expectations for Kei Ishikawa's latest were a bit higher. The presentation is still slick (though less inventive) and it's certainly interesting to see a Japanese flick set in space, but the story felt somewhat lazy and the build-up wasn't effective enough for the film's ambitions as a thriller.
The cinematography is stylish, the film looks clean and the pacing is deliberately slow. Seen as a mood piece Previously Saved Version delivers, but the narrative gets a bit too much attention and it's just not that interesting. It's definitely worth a watch, especially for fans of sci-fi films, but the potential was there to do more.