Review of Absolut

Absolut (2004)
6/10
Competent time-warp thriller
19 June 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Solid and well acted thriller but too derivative to earn a higher rating than 6 stars. The time-warp technique has been shown recently in Momento and Irreversible and is also used to good effect here. The lead actor, Vincent Bonillo, is from the minimalist school of acting with a very limited range and comes across as rather wooden. Fortunately he is playing opposite the attractive Irene Godel who brings some life to the movie.

A young political activist decides to put his money where his mouth is and plant a virus in the network of the Swiss interbank clearing house. The plan is to threaten the security of the interbank network and try to get the up and coming WLS (World Leaders Summit) conference canceled. An irritant at the end is the needless killing of the Irene Godel character - in fact she is part of the conspiracy and could simply have been returned to the hospital research department from whence she came.
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