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To paint a vivid picture, the digital and real worlds have merged with the world we live in now due to the daytime being poisonous from the sun’s radiation. Even the slightest exposure to the sun can cause painful instant sunburns. We meet Adam Bird, who is receiving some deeply concerning news his heart is failing and there’s no way of reversing it. Adam is one of the very few people who enjoy the tangible world and kind of works in real life.
Now he is alone when he most needs his family and suffers as a result. His wish to exist in the real world stems, among other things, from him not wanting to die or, god forbid, turn into a clone.
When examining the current narrative, we go back in time to learn how Adam came to be in his dreadful state while also looking through the lens of chips and their questionable reality. Little by little pieces of Adam’s background and history are unveiled and the more they do the more he becomes a despicable figure you sympathize with him but at the same time wonder why he is so aloof with his wife Reena played by Anna Brewster. Sure, there are great points he brings forward but he is such an unrelenting douche. Well, considering how fascinating James D’Arcy is as an actor, it was captivating to observe the role he has taken and how different it is from everything else given the D’Arcy charm.
We are treated to a multitude of themes and ideas in the film. There is the issue of social consequences of the economy and the environment and how it is changing in society. There is also the potential fallout from the move to a digital world on interpersonal relationships, especially familial ones. The vast possibilities offered by genetic engineering pose a question of personal identity.
We can see the effects of cloning and grief and how functional life is now in a digital setting. Encompass all of these and throw in a possible corporate or government conspiracy and there you go, it is all set.
It follows that due to coverage of vast subject matter, some parts work well while others do not. However, where people ought to see good areas is the constant debate surrounding Adam’s medication or the obvious lack thereof. His severe mood swings give away that question people ask- “Are you on antidepressant medication?” Nevertheless, the movie frames this as an indictment against people taking medication as if they are somehow inhuman for striving for balance. Also, there are these unbelievably awkward moments throughout the movie that include perhaps the dumbest attempt at a digital sex scene since Demolition Man. Also irritating was that one theme the filmmakers use throughout the film because after some time it turns out to be so annoying.
In the end, do we recommend LX 2048? Hmmm, I honestly don’t know. I do appreciate the ideas being explored here and liked the semi-post-apocalyptic/semi-digital utopia setting, and it has some good character moments from James D’Arcy and Delroy Lindo. Still, I’m not sure it all came together in the wash and the ending was more confusing than informative.
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