Amnesia

A psychological thriller which is worth watching if you don't think too hard about the character with amnesia.

There is a double storyline which intertwines and keeps the viewing guessing about what is going on with the two male leads.

The ending is just too ludicrous. Was he an undisclosed channel swimmer?

Spoiler: What was the point of the amnesiac drawing attention to himself by walking into A&E and claiming he knew nothing about himself or his history. Why did he let himself be examined in a way that would show that he had no brain trauma?

With sufficient IT skills to be able to hack into just about anything, including banks, then why choose an altogether more risky way to commit fraud and embezzlement.

If you get a chance to see this 2-part TV show, then you certainly should.

Synopsis: (NO SPOILERS)

The story concerns police detective Mackenzie Stone whose wife disappeared a few years ago - and he who still recovering from the incident - experiencing weird dreams and the like. At the same time we are introduced to another man - John Dean, who is suffering from total amnesia, meaning that he remembers nothing of his past life before he turned up in hospital 5 years ago.

Mackenzie Stone, played by John Hannah becomes convinced that he knows who John Dean really is, that he is a man who dissapeared a few months before John Dean appeared - and that he murdered his family before hand to claim the insurance money. However, it starts to become apparant that DS Stone may well have killed his own wife...

In all this is a very good 2-parter with a very nice pay-off at the end. All the cast put on good performances, and it is all very believable.

For some reason, IMDb has this listed as a "romance" film. Well, I suppose there is a little of that, but to me, it seemed more like a mystery or crime-drama movie than anything else. Regardless, this is a very good film with a couple of interesting interwoven subplots throughout. Essentially, "Detective Mackenzie Stone" (John Hannah) suffers from a short-term lapse of memory involving an argument with his wife "Lucia Stone" (Beatriz Batarda), and now she has completely disappeared. He becomes frantic to find out what happened to her and turns to alcohol to escape his feelings of despair. Because of this, his mind begins to play tricks on him as he starts having both hallucinations and flashbacks of his final moments with her, and neither he (nor the audience) is able to figure out which are true and which aren't. At the same time, another man named "John Dean" (Anthony Calf) is suffering from long-term amnesia and cannot remember anything about his past. However, he has made a new life for himself, and he and his new wife, "Jenna Dean" (Jemma Redgrave), are very happy together. That is, until Detective Stone comes along. At any rate, rather than disclose any of the surprises in store for any new viewers, I will just say that I just happened to check this out at my local library the other day on the spur of the moment, and I'm glad I did. It had good acting, especially on the part of John Hannah and Jenna Redgrave, and plenty of surprises along the way. One caution, though, it does run a bit long (around 3 hours), so you might need to check your schedule to ensure there's room for it. But I think you'll be glad you did.

One has lost his wife and never got over it and never could realise what really happened, but she is gone, that is all we and he knows about it, since no body was ever found, alive or dead, and the other one suffers from permanent amnesia since five years, or so it seems. There is something very fishy about both cases. The first one (John Hannah) in the line of duty as a police officer suspects the other one of being a murderer who killed his wife and stepson and keeps harassing him and his wife, claiming he is another person or has been another person. In the last five minutes all the mysteries seem to get their explanation which however leaves you with a load of question marks with no possible answers, since the rest is missing. You are left hanging on a cliff with nothing but your own speculations to help you out into further possibilities of tunnels in the labyrinth to nowhere...

You'll come up with several different denouements for "Amnesia" - not sure if you'll get the right one.

The story concerns an amnesiac, John Dean (Anthony Calf) who is asked to take part in an experiment for a treatment that shows great promise. At first he refuses. He is not sure he wants to know about his past as he is happily married and has a good life, but he and his wife (Jemma Redgrave) need the money, so he agrees to do it.

DC Mackenzie Stone meanwhile is searching for his wife, who walked out on him a year ago. He has very little memory of what happened and why she took off, except for brief flashes and terrible nightmares. He constantly goes through missing person reports.

When he sees one for a Paul West, he thinks that West might be Dean and starts an investigation. He soon learns that Dean's wife and child were killed in a fire, and then West disappeared. Shortly after that, Dean showed up in their town.

Mackenzie's partner, Brendan Coyle, starts to think that Mackenzie may have killed his wife.

Mackenzie thinks that John Dean is Paul West and that West killed his wife and child and probably killed before.

So who's right? Are they both right? Both wrong? One right and one wrong?

Great story, with the actors' excellent work throughout a bonus. They are all terrific.

I saw this on Netflix - I recommend it highly.