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Rating: 3.5 stars

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Seen on: 01/19/2011

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Sleep Dealer (2008)

Directed by Alex Rivera

Science Fiction

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

Leonor Varela | Jacob Vargas | Tenoch Huerta | Luis Fernando Peña | Guillermo Ríos | Sergio Limon | Metztli Adamina | Martín Palomares | José Concepción Macías | Sean Garnhart | Miguel A. Saldaña | Gregg Lucas | Montserrat Revah | José Luis Méndez | Carlos Valencia

Viewing Notes

Sleep Dealer is a decent, though slow Spanish subbed near future sci-fi that deals with issues of water rights and immigration in unique and somewhat interesting ways.

The privatization of water rights and the virtualization of immigrant workers are the core sci-fi elements at here, and drive the storyline.

For being so cheaply made (reportedly 2.5 million), it’s not bad. There are no real high energy points in the movie though, which results in a slow, cumbersome pace.

One bright spot is Chilean actress Leonor Varela, who plays Luz. She does a good job as an amateur reporter and the protagonist’s main romantic interest. She’s also been in Blade II and The Tailor of Panama. I hope to see her in more movies.

I liked it, but probably wouldn’t recommend it to most people. Four stars.

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