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The film opens with a grand vision of space elevators and orbital space stations, and while the physicist in me can pick holes in the science, I'm impressed with the care and thought that has gone into it. Including coriolis effects is a delightful touch.

Man recreates dead wife is a familiar sci-fi trope in recent years, and this film combines it with the age old Moby Dick trope of destructive obsession. But these are played out in quite a subtle way, and the essential mystery of the past (and future present) is revealed

The final scene adds a subtle twist that resonates with the theme of human-android love.

I watched this on Amazon Prime a couple of days ago and had to give myself some time to digest it. The story is quite OK, but whoever decided to fill the movie with irrelevant crap should indeed be fired. The film is full of slow-paced memories, some of which actually do explain some things and are helpful in understanding and following the story, however, there is very little story to follow. Acting is acceptable, music - almost non-existent. Fortunately, there are special effects, which I consider to be the only high quality and enjoyable feature. I would gladly watch an edited version with all the non-essential scenes removed. Oh, and did they use StartCraft (the game) "bunker load" sounds when the doors open and close in the movie? LOL, I'm pretty sure that's the exact same sound.

Set in space, where only the very wealthy can afford to live, Naoki loves Mayumi. Except Mayumi is an android. Naoki grew up in a violent home, and his father would extinguish cigars on Naoki's skin. This did not make him a nice person, and after marrying Mayumi, he became very abusive, but naturally apologized and promised not to do it again, until he did. One time, he winds up killing her. He had an android created to be like Mayumi, and could select how much of her memory he would create. It would be his perfect wife. But each time, there would always be some flaw in the memory, and he would destroy the android vowing to keep trying until he got his vision of what he thought Mayumi was. Sometimes she would know things that she shouldn't, based on when her memory was constructed. He thought he finally had it all figured out with Mayumi 3.0. Unfortunately, while one now gets more background to help fill in gaps, it also takes much too long to get there.

I don't normally review, but after reading all the negative comments, I felt I had to. This movie was a pleasant surprise... solid acting, script, wardrobe, sets, and CGI-all up to Hollywood standard (but not quite summer blockbuster). This was a solid technology-infused thriller of the "she lost her memory and everything may not be what it seems" variety. It's slower than an action-adventure, but well-paced for this genre. It's really about the husband and I think the character they drew over the course of the movie was interesting and gave the movie some depth. The broad strokes are cliche, but I did not predict the exact nature of the ending and felt there were a couple of small twists that kept it interesting. Everything was explained and there were a lot of background details that really drew me in to the scenario. The only thing that I was left a bit unsure of was the very last scene and spoken line of the movie which seemed a bit tacked on and unnecessarily vague. I would think this would completely satisfy the average sci-fi/robot or domestic thriller fan. Better than typical Hollywood offerings, these days. Also, for those turned off by other Japanese shows, this is very mainstream North American-type content.

Guys I get its a moving station in space, you don't need to shake the camera. Lol I got motion sickness watching this. The idea for the story is good. The actors are good. The camera bobbing is horrendous. I had to stop shortly into it (15mins) so I can't say how it pans out. The space cgi looks alright.