Damn great movie! Had no idea what the plot was really about. Went on watching it anyway and did not regret it one bit. The storyline was both empathetic as well as nerve wrecking. Although I did guess the plot twist, I am really glad it turned out the way it did.

Under the influence of latest development of "nearly" Sci-Fi shows (Black Mirror, etc.) this one has an enticing idea and I really wanted to love this film. The thing is, without a developed story line, I kind of lost interest after 3/4 of the film where it was obvious that there was no telling between reality and imagination anymore and that we're up for a twist. which was, in turn, disappointing, as well as the ending which lacked resolution and leaves the viewer puzzled and waiting for more.The only reason I am writing this is because I actually felt this film has good potential in the first 20 minutes.However, I like the quote : "As far as your brain is concerned, fantasy and reality are chemically identical."

The beautiful Ren (is that supposed to be a name?) works at some company where she developed a "software" in liquid form that when put into a person's eye allows him to experience something for several hours or so, an experience that in real life only takes place during a minute or so. The company and it's product are called OtherLife because the plan is to offer people to experience their dreams. But financially the company isn't doing well, just as the release of the product will be in 5 days. Ren has a brother in a coma and she's "treating" him with the eye drops hoping we will snap out of it somehow by making him relive the same day of the accident over and over. At some point his eye twitches. Her father though is ready to pull the plug on the brother. One day, Ren's patient boyfriend finally gets to spend some time with her. She gives him an eye drop where he experiences some snowboarding. He grabs another vial hoping to relive the experience but instead grabs a vial meant for Ren's brother so this guy ends up dead. That allows Ren's partner Sam to get some investment from a jail company. The idea is to put people away in virtual OtherLife jails for years when in reality they are only "in jail" for a minute. And Ren is the first one to undergo this virtual conviction. She's sentenced to a year. Her cell has a wall made up of LEDs showing the day number. When 365 hits, Ren is ready to get out, but the counter tuns again to "1." Ren, desperate, manages to escape, only to find out she hasn't been in the lab but in some actual single cell room out somewhere. She escape the security people and meets up with a friend. She ends up making some interesting discoveries and will have to find a way to return OtherLife to its original purpose of improving people's lives.OtherLife features the lovely Jessica De Gouw and has an intriguing premise that it manages to work out more or less satisfyingly. The whole jail bit didn't really fit into and wasn't suited for the movie. But as many sci-fi movies of late, it offers so much more than the usual tired old storylines of other genres.

This movie is a diamond in the dust! It is an Australian production that is far better than many Hollywood movies and...contains no effects. It is actually a philosophical movie, rather logical, different from the bulk of alien invasion and high-tech robotics sci-fi stories. It has some good twists and is well thought through. I think the idea is genius. Here are some of the issues I found most exciting:Could we program the brain by biological code we've written on a an electronic machine? Could we consciously choose to experience something in another time- frame of the psyche (as in our sleep)? Could we actually replace years of meditation with a non-addictive drop of chemistry? Could we finally differentiate mind from human will? Could we prove that human will is responsible for all life decisions, even in the states of comma? Could we relive our worst nightmare and find a way to brake the chain? Could we stop any invention from being used for causes dangerous or inhuman?