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Plot Summary
Sleep Dealer’ is a Sundance award-winning sci-fi thriller packed with stunning visuals and strong social and political themes. Memo Cruz (Luis Fernando Peña) is a young man in near-future Mexico. When his family is victim of a misguided drone attack he finds himself with no option but to head north, towards the U.S./Mexico border. But migrant workers cannot cross this new world border – it's been sealed off. Instead, Memo ends up in a strange digital factory in Mexico where he connects his body to a robot in America. Memo's search for a better future leads him to love, loss, and a confrontation with a mysterious figure from his past.
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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66%- Reviews Counted: 32
- Fresh: 21
- Rotten: 11
- Average Rating: 5.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Sleep Dealer is an unusually thoughtful science fiction film, using the speculative energy of the genre to explore some troubling and complex contemporary issues.
Rotten: Despite some clever virtual-reality concepts and projections about the next frontier of globalization, Alex Rivera's ambitious directing debut lacks the vision, or the budget, to pull off its fusion of sci-fi and aspirational saga.
Fresh: Adventurous, ambitious and ingeniously futuristic, Sleep Dealer is a welcome surprise.
Fresh: The freshness and ingenuity of this techno-thriller should spark a cult following.
Customer Reviews
Sleep Dealer
Sleep Dealer was ahead of its time when it first came out - it looks toward a future that is all too imaginable. With the U.S. now able to get all the work it needs virtually without the actual workers crossing the border. Its a story about land and water, militarization, family, courage, corporate dominance, subjugation through technology and the power of love to heal, even while plugged in. Filmmaker Alex Rivera is a rare talent. He is definitely going places. So glad to see this film is now available on iTunes. Check it out. Pass it on!
Ahead of its time, right on time
Sleep Dealer explores issues of immigration, drones, labor, globalization, privatization of resources through the lens of a sci-fi thriller. While it’s fiction, so many of the ideas in the film are borne out in today’s world. Even more impressive is that a film of this magnitude was made as an indy film, outside of Hollywood. I am so happy it’s back in circulation.
Sleep Dealer a real winner!
Sleep Dealer is fast-paced entertainment with real messages woven throughout addressing issues of immigration, water rights and remote-controlled drone attacks to name just a few. Watch this film if you like sic-fi, dystopian stories or simply if you’re paying attention to current world events. Support innovative, independent film making and check out Sleep Dealer!!
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