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Latter-day Atom Egoyan isn't as thrilling as his younger work, unfortunately, but Remember remains exciting thanks to Christopher Plummer in the powerful and touching role of a Holocaust survivor who, though suffering from dementia, uses his last days to hunt down the concentration camp guard who murdered his family. Plagued by memory problems - an avowed inspiration is Memento, though the result is more realistic - he's helped from afar by Martin Landau who is in a similar, though sharper and less mobile, situation. The acting is stellar, and Egoyan gives Plummer's world a giddy, uncertain feel where Holocaust iconography almost accidentally intrudes, while also presenting a nightmare America on the cusp of renewed fascism. As for the story, the character's chronic amnesia creates well-earned twists and turns and gives the film a certain rewatchability as a result. But at the end of the day, Remember is Plummer's show and a must-see in his filmography.