Trailer Link

Release Date:

June 27, 2014

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Berkeley record store clerk Nick Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. With the help of best friend, science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick himself (Shea Whigam) and a mysterious woman named Silvia (Alanis Morissette), Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions. The story is set in an alternate reality America circa 1985 under the authoritarian control of President Fremont, a Nixon-like clone (Scott Wilson).”

Poster: B

Review: A futuristic design that alleviates any concern that a largely no-name cast is starring in an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story. Visually, it’s striking, but that might not be enough to sell the film.

Trailer: D+

Review: A lumbering, clunky bore of a film with leaden performances and heavy-handed political plotting is how the film can easily be perceived with a trailer like this. The trailer itself is plodding, meandering and overzealous, failing to adequately account for the fact that the premise isn’t as easily accessible as it needs to be.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Revisions:

(August 24, 2014) Original