Zev and Max are two elderly Jewish gentlemen spending their final years in a plush retirement home. Max is on a wheelchair, while Zev albeit mobile suffers from dementia. Just after Zev's wife death, Max reminds Zev of his pledge and sends him on his merry way with a letter of instructions, a wad of cash and a Greyhound ticket.
It turns out, Max located an SS officer they had the misfortune to meet in Auschwitz and insists on Zev killing him. However, the nazi goes under a fake moniker shared by four men. Therefore Zev must travel from the closest to the furthest, to determine which one he's going to kill.
As the joke goes, Zev would need a GPS for the elderly that not only tells him how to get somewhere, but also why. Luckily Zev can read Max's letter because he keeps forgetting why he's on the road. When Zev reaches his destination, a plot twist will make you reconsider what you thought you knew.
The plot twist is of the hardly believable type, but it makes for a good show. Besides, both Plummer and Landau, as Zev and Max offer a great interpretation. The cinephiles will inevitably compare Remember to Memento, even if the latter was way more sophisticated.
PS for those who complain about "another movie on the Shoah... didn't you check the plot, before embarking on the viewing?
It turns out, Max located an SS officer they had the misfortune to meet in Auschwitz and insists on Zev killing him. However, the nazi goes under a fake moniker shared by four men. Therefore Zev must travel from the closest to the furthest, to determine which one he's going to kill.
As the joke goes, Zev would need a GPS for the elderly that not only tells him how to get somewhere, but also why. Luckily Zev can read Max's letter because he keeps forgetting why he's on the road. When Zev reaches his destination, a plot twist will make you reconsider what you thought you knew.
The plot twist is of the hardly believable type, but it makes for a good show. Besides, both Plummer and Landau, as Zev and Max offer a great interpretation. The cinephiles will inevitably compare Remember to Memento, even if the latter was way more sophisticated.
PS for those who complain about "another movie on the Shoah... didn't you check the plot, before embarking on the viewing?