Anon
A detective in a memory-recording society hunts an untraceable woman whose existence exposes the dangerous blind spots of total surveillance.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- paranoid
- brooding
- cold
- late night sci fi viewing
- cyberpunk double feature
What critics said
Critics found the film visually polished and conceptually relevant but too predictable, underdeveloped, and insufficiently thrilling to fulfill its cyberpunk ambitions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The near-future social order eliminates privacy by recording citizens' visual memories and using them to prevent and investigate crime.
Sal's detective investigation unfolds through shadowy urban spaces, pervasive interfaces, criminal conspiracies, and anxiety over corporate technological power.
The central mystery depends on modified memory files and the possibility that apparently observed events cannot be trusted.
The premise begins with near-eradicated crime but turns on the discovery that total observation may conceal or generate new forms of violence.
Films like Anon, and why
Minority Report
Shares near-future surveillance dystopia, cyberpunk technology, and paranoid crime investigation.
Gattaca
Shares speculative privacy concerns, identity manipulation, and a noir-inflected science fiction thriller mode.
The Matrix
Shares a detective uncovering manufactured reality within an oppressive technological system.
In Time
Shares Andrew Niccol's interest in technological control, dystopian institutions, and socially pointed science fiction.
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrew Niccol
- Release Date
- 2018-05-03
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (1791)
Cast
- Clive Owen
- Amanda Seyfried
- Colm Feore
- Mark O'Brien
- Sonya Walger
- Joe Pingue
- Iddo Goldberg
- Afiya Bennett
- Morgan Allen
- Jeffrey Men
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Anon about?
- A detective in a memory-recording society hunts an untraceable woman whose existence exposes the dangerous blind spots of total surveillance.
- What is Anon like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Anon as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Anon violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Anon as moderate.
- What did critics think of Anon?
- Critics found the film visually polished and conceptually relevant but too predictable, underdeveloped, and insufficiently thrilling to fulfill its cyberpunk ambitions.
- Which films are like Anon?
- Films with a similar feel include Minority Report, Gattaca, The Matrix, and In Time.
- How long is Anon?
- Anon runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Anon?
- In United States, Anon streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
