Hugh Jackman will help you access your memories for a price in the new trailer for the HBO Max action thriller Reminiscence. From the co-creator of HBO's Westworld comes the new sci-fi action thriller starring Jackman as a futuristic private investigator who specializes in accessing his client's lost memories.
Per the official Reminiscence synopsis, Jackman stars as Nick Bannister, whose life is changed forever when takes on a new client named Mae, played by Mission: Impossible 7 star Rebecca Ferguson. As Bannister attempt to learn the truth about Mae's disappearance, a violent conspiracy emerges that poses the question of just how far one will go the hold onto their loved ones.
The trailer opens with a flooded, dystopian Miami, as Jackman's soothing, hypnotic narration tells us that we're "going on a journey, a journey through memory" and all we have to do is "follow his voice." We then see Jackman's character puts Mae in some kind of "memory machine" with the help of his assistant, played by Westworld and Solo: A Star Wars Story alum Thandie Newton. From there, Bannister gives us a breakdown of the current state of the world: after the waters began to rise the population started to become nostalgic there was little to look forward to, so people became obsessed with the past. Sound familiar?
This sentiment is further reinforced when we see Bannister wake up in a state of panic, hooked up to his memory machine, as he states "nothing is more addictive than the past." Then Mae mysteriously vanishes and Bannister becomes obsessed with finding her. Desperate for answers, Bannister is forced to navigate the underworld of dystopian Miami as he attempts to unravel a deadly conspiracy, and fight bad guys on rooftops.
Exciting stuff! Also, painfully relevant, as the topic of nostalgia and the past has been on everyone's minds lately. From the Donald Trump presidency to the Star Wars sequel trilogy, it seems like everyone is obsessed with returning to some kind of "mythic past" that may never have existed in the first place. It's also an understandably relatable point of view, considering that we're now in year two of a global pandemic and a lot of people are likely nostalgic for a pre-COVID-19 world. As with all good science fiction, Reminiscence looks like it will use its futuristic setting to provide a relevant commentary on today's society.
Written and directed by Lisa Joy and produced by Warner Bros Pictures, Reminiscence also stars Cliff Curtis, Marina de Tavira, Daniel Wu, Mojean Aria, Brett Cullen, Natalie Martinez, Angela Sarafyan, and Nico Parker.
Reminiscence will be available in theaters and on HBO Max on August 20th.
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