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OtherLife

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2017 | 96 min | Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a lukewarm 6.4 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and sci-fi fans.
The mood
Tense, gritty.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 36 min.
What might put you off
Nothing much for most grown-ups.

Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLife expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.4 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerSolid

    Streaming release that reached a modest audience; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 134K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Ben C. Lucas

  • Jessica De GouwRen Amari
  • T.J. PowerSam
  • Thomas CocquerelDanny
  • Tiriel MoraDr. Robert Amari
  • Liam GrahamJared Amari
  • Adriane DaffCass
  • Clarence John RyanByron Finbar
  • Hoa XuandeCoder #1
  • Shalom Brune-FranklinCoder #2
  • Rebecca CaldwellStart up programmer