Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Fernando Pena, Giovanna Zacarías, Marius Biegai ...( see more  see more... ) , Emilio Guerrero , Jake Koenig , Ursula Tania

Mexico. The near future. Memo Cruz has always dreamed of leaving his tiny village and heading north. But, when he is ultimately forced to leave, Memo finds a future so bizarre--border walls, shantytow...( read more  read more... )ns, hi-tech factories, remote control drones and aqua-terrorists--that it looks a lot like today.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Alex Rivera

Release Date: January 19, 2009

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DVD Release Date: September 8, 2009

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  • February 7, 2010
    Surprisingly good sci-fi drama that studies how technology could change society, or actually how society probably won't change. It's a story of migrants and their plight for a better life. Its also a story about connecting to the world at large and how technology might never be ...( read more)able to replace human contact. Even with all these themes the writer and director did a great job of telling a coherent story. acting is a bit off here and there with some of the support cast and the ending is a bit obvious, but overall a really good movie. oh and a nice piece of comedic relief with the abuelitas dropping it like its hot.
  • February 4, 2010
    Saw this at a screening at my school with the director introducing the film. A well-told, connected, story that illustrates a disturbing future, which I hope we are not really headed towards,
  • December 24, 2009
    Superbly done film that works as both a sci-fi flick and a social commentary.
  • December 16, 2009
    Añadir un comentario ...
  • December 9, 2009
    No longer interested in seeing.
  • November 22, 2009
    In the future, companies control the water and everyone must pay asinine prices to get any, and there's a group of terrioists fightimg against this, and there are drone controllers who, through being hooked up to a computer, control a drone and attack the hideouts of the terriois...( read more)ts. To describe more would simply give too much away, but don't let the simple description above fool you, this movie is heady and thrilling and very entertaining. There's more to it then terrioists fighting and things blowing up, and the characters all have good motivations and sometmes question themselves, seriously fasincating stuff.
  • November 17, 2009
    Science fiction in the best and truest sense of the term, and with not one alien, spaceship or laser in sight. Very well directed, photographed and acted. It has a lot to say about imperialism, corporate power, and American attitudes toward "guest workers" but says it all without...( read more) screaming it. Alex Rivera is a director to watch for. I'll have to start watching more Mexican movies.
  • November 16, 2009
    A thought-provoking, intriguing mix of rural, impoverished Mexico and futuristic hi-tech. Obviously shot on a shoestring budget, not all of the acting and effects are totally convincing, but the dreamlike (dare I say Blade Runner-ish?) cinematography and the interesting themes ma...( read more)ke up for it. Recommended!
  • November 9, 2009
    If it was good I would have heard of it. I will apologise if it appears in the UK next year.
  • November 8, 2009
    this got to be thriller yeah

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April 17, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Sleep Dealer is an unusually thoughtful science fiction film, using the speculative energy of the genre to explore some troubling and complex contemporary issues. full review

April 15, 2009
Nick Schager, The Screengrab

Culminates in an unconvincing finale whose hopefulness seems not only fanciful but, when viewed on the story's own terms, woefully short-sighted. full review

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