Restore Point - Movie Reviews (2024)

A film that has a consistent tone and doesn’t sacrifice it for a cheap laugh.

Full Review | Original Score: 9.5/10 | Apr 25, 2024

Controlled, nuanced and tense, Restore Point is not what we expected but is an excellent take on cyberpunk from a middle-European perspective.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 22, 2024

A confident mid-budget sci-fi with explosive action, strong dramatic pacing, and thought-provoking questions about human’s ability to tamper with nature, Restore Point is a winning combination of genre specificities and universal questions.

Full Review | Apr 11, 2024

Even if the script feels somewhat undercooked, it's still a fun ride as a police procedural potboiler. Director Robert Holz creates a bold vibe with prowling cinematography, high-tech gadgetry and a twisty narrative.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2024

The mood is low-key, and the suspense simmers in a literate script that never tips its hand as it drops tantalizing clues and brutally challenges our notions of crime and punishment.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2024

Its characters, narrative and setting have all been seen before, but there’s a relatively fresh concept at its heart which helps to make it something altogether more engaging as a cyber-noir thriller. It deserves to be seen.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 28, 2024

The tightly wrought story is impressively handled with characters showing their human insecurities in the face of ever-accelerating tec

Full Review | Mar 26, 2024

Restore Point should stave off cyber-noir cravings for a couple of hours. It’s a competent copy but unmistakably synthetic.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 26, 2024

An ambitious sci-fi crime thriller with some great ideas and looks stylish. But tackles one too many themes which takes away from its central idea and goes on a little too long.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 5, 2024

The obvious references never feel overwhelming, as Restore Point still tells its own story and has its own ideas – which are captivating even if not entirely groundbreaking.

Full Review | Feb 19, 2024

A well-designed and expertly realized vision of a possible near future where technology has invented a new version of the undead.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5 | Feb 17, 2024

While there isn't a lot of action here, Point is nonetheless slick and ambitious.

Full Review | Feb 14, 2024

Until American studios get their act together, smart and efficiently budgeted movies like Restore Point will show them how it’s done.

Full Review | Feb 12, 2024

RESTORE POINT is a crackerjack techno-thriller from the Czech Republic that can more than hold its own with any offerings from Hollywood.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 11, 2024

Paying tribute to sci-fi greats like Blade Runner and Minority Report, Hloz’s jaw-dropping cyberpunk future is masterfully conceived and executed. Beautifully photographed, it’s a thoughtfully considered world that feels believable.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 11, 2024

Restore Point is a gorgeous vision of the future that lacks depth, a worthwhile story, and heartfelt performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 9, 2024

Restore Point is the sort of movie that can restore your faith in the ability of sci-fi to feel both innovative and real, both abstract and grounded.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 9, 2024

First-time director Robert Hloz infuses the “Restore Point” unreal narrative with impressive visuals based on thought-provoking, ethically dubious concepts.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 9, 2024

The intriguing neo-noir mystery at its core remains worth the effort and attention you can give.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 8, 2024

In Robert Hloz’s cyberpunk noir, a life-extending tech attracts corporate power play, Luddite resistance and ‘absolute’ murder

Full Review | Feb 7, 2024