The Reconstruction of William Zero
Conal Byrne’s measured performance and carefully composed, pained facial expressions constitute the bulk of what’s interesting in The Reconstruction of William Zero, a film which stretches itself very thin while attempting to tackle big ideas surrounding cloning, identity, loss, and redemption. Playing a recent car crash victim with amnesia and the twin brother who rehabilitates him in a nice house in some nondescript semi-rural suburb, Byrne attempts to piece together his identity, discovering along the way that his brother isn’t being altogether honest about his memory loss and where he’s actually come from. The film hinges on a couple of big reveals, which are fairly easy to see coming, but it’s really the interplay between the different characters Byrne portrays that gives the film its heft… [Continue reading @ Tiny Mix Tapes]
