The I Inside (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Roland Suso Richter

Writers (WGA):

Michael Cooney (play)
Michael Cooney (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 May 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Sometimes it is hard to come back.

Plot:

A man (Phillipe) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things...

Plot Keywords:

Blood Splatter | Blood | Bribery | Car Accident | Chase Scene

Cast

Ryan Phillippe	...	Simon Cable (as Ryan Phillipe)
Sarah Polley	...	Clair
Piper Perabo	...	Anna
Stephen Rea	...	Doctor Newman
Robert Sean Leonard	...	Peter Cable
Stephen Lang	...	Mr. Travitt
Peter Egan	...	Doctor Truman
Stephen Graham	...	Travis
Rakie Ayola	...	Nurse Clayton
Magdalena Manville	...	Female Resident (as Magdelena Manville)
Jay Simpson	...	Morgue Orderly
Paul John Borde	...	Intruder
Annabel Mansel Lewis	...	5th Floor Nurse

Also Known As:

Despertar, El (Spain) [es]
Memories (France) [fr]
Terceiro Olho, O (Brazil) [pt]
Tercer ojo, El (Venezuela) [es]
The I inside - Im Auge des Todes (Germany) [de]
The i inside - Totuuden rajamailla (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

Canada:90 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | USA:R (certificate #39662) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

UK

Company:

MDP Worldwide

Trivia:

Christian Slater (as Peter), Stephen Dorff (as Simon Cable), and Jennifer Love Hewitt (as Anna Cable) were originally set to star.

Goofs:

Continuity: After he stabs Mr. Travitt, Simon drops the scissors on the floor. When Nurse Clayton leaves and Simon steps around to see Mr. Travitt's face, he's holding the scissors again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Doctor Newman: Easy. Diazepam, 5 milligrams. Easy now, Mr. Cable. You're going to be fine. You're just having a nightmare.

Starts out stellar, ends up silly.

A man (Ryan Phillipe) awakens from a coma, not remembering any events from the past two years. He doesn't recognize his evil wife (played deliciously by Piper Perabo), or his alleged mistress (the lovely but miscast Sarah Polley). He soon suspects that someone in the hospital is trying to kill him--and then finds himself in the same hospital two years earlier, with the ability to bounce back and forth between the two time periods.

Although it sounds like something that has been done many times recently, the first half of this movie is actually suspenseful and engaging. Unfortunately, with a plot twist, the movie goes downhill about halfway through. While the movie will keep you thinking for a while afterwards, it is ultimately forgettable because it is way too typical of the current crop of sci-fi "memory" thrillers. Perabo is great here--she gets to play a shy mousy nurse in 2000 and then a malicious blackmailing wealthy woman in 2002. Sarah Polley is one of the best actresses of her generation, and I'm not sure why she's in this movie. Phillipe delivers the expected humdrum performance.

My Rating: 6/10