Sarah is a successful cop in a bright future where she travels in a flying car with her partner as they hunt those responsible for killing a number of police officers. After a day's work she returns home to her beautiful wife. She suggests that Sarah takes a holiday; not a conventional holiday of today but a holiday from herself. This entails using a virtual reality device which when used makes her feel like a totally different person in a different life. When activated she does indeed enter a totally new life; she is now a man named George who lives in what appears to be our present. George is a wealthy computer programmer determined to do whatever it takes to find the man who killed his wife
at the end of the day he uses a virtual reality device and becomes Sarah. Which of these lives is real though? Both have similarities; George and Sarah are both investigating a serious crime, both eat in the same diner and both have been cautioned that continued use of the devices could lead to permanent brain damage; Sarah/George will have to decide which reality seems the more likely to be real
the desperate man trying to get away from the loss of his wife or the 'lesbian supercop with the flying car'?
I really enjoyed this story, it was possibly the best yet. The two intertwined stories were interesting and it was far from obvious which life was real and which was just VR. Thankfully at the end we do learn the truth rather than having it emerge that neither were real a possibility which briefly crossed my mind. The fact that both lives involve characters investigating serious crimes and meeting some dangerous people leads to some exciting scenes with some decent action also a wince inducing scene where George is threatened by a criminal who describes, in unpleasant detail, what he intends to do. The future setting was well realised with a look that reminded me of the world of 'Blade Runner' without the squalor. The cast do a fine job; most notably Anna Paquin and Terrence Howard as Sarah and George who manage to make the viewer believe that they aren't sure if they are real or not. Overall a great instalment in this intriguing series.
I really enjoyed this story, it was possibly the best yet. The two intertwined stories were interesting and it was far from obvious which life was real and which was just VR. Thankfully at the end we do learn the truth rather than having it emerge that neither were real a possibility which briefly crossed my mind. The fact that both lives involve characters investigating serious crimes and meeting some dangerous people leads to some exciting scenes with some decent action also a wince inducing scene where George is threatened by a criminal who describes, in unpleasant detail, what he intends to do. The future setting was well realised with a look that reminded me of the world of 'Blade Runner' without the squalor. The cast do a fine job; most notably Anna Paquin and Terrence Howard as Sarah and George who manage to make the viewer believe that they aren't sure if they are real or not. Overall a great instalment in this intriguing series.