Nor does the perfunctory addition of a couple of additional victims: a postman and a policewoman unlucky enough to drop by when Bosworth is busy being malevolent. Psychological and narrative backgrounding remain rudimentary, however, with far more attention given over to repeated, thwarted escape attempts that fail to stir much suspense. Meanwhile, the initially fragmentary flashbacks gradually reveal how things got to this less-than-pretty pass. Later he discovers he’s not the only living captive in the house. (A veterinarian by trade, she at one point ominously notes, “I put things to sleep for a living and they don’t wake up.”) When he finds a plastic-wrapped corpse in a basement cabinet, her response grows considerably more aggressive, encompassing restraints and electroshock therapy. Whenever he hobbles downstairs to explore the curiously under-furnished environs, she over-enthusiastically ushers him back to his room, possibly administering sedatives to keep him there. He has no memory of their life together, let alone how he wound up with head trauma and a broken leg in this bed.ĭespite all the cooing ministrations, our protag finds wifey’s bedside manner unconvincing, as well he might. Theatrical launch on Aug. 14 at Los Angeles’ Arena Cinema is unlikely to do much more than raise “Amnesiac’s” profile a tad for its simultaneous home-format release.Īfter a brief prelude showing an apparent nuclear family unit driving along a country road prior to an accident, Bentley’s nameless character wakes up in an expansive, isolated home under the care of a likewise unnamed woman (Bosworth) who says she’s his wife. But even beyond its sketchy screenplay, the pic’s main problem is that Bosworth lacks the villainous authority required to make Mike Le and Amy Kolquist’s tricky if undercooked screenplay work. Helmer Michael Polish and his spouse-star, Kate Bosworth, were reportedly attracted to the project for the change-of-pace role it afforded her. Remembering is hard for Wes Bentley in “Amnesiac,” but viewers will find it easy to forget this ineffectual mystery-thriller.
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