Cat’s business largely caters to an aging clientele, who still remember CDs when they were relatively new. Kai is not such a customer. He happens to be a young unemployed credit risk, but he is determined to find out what is on his father’s old disk. Still, Kai has come to the right place, if he can appeal to Cat’s better nature.
As it happens, Cat’s storefront was built over a high tech dumping ground, which she periodically scavenges (illegally, in the still over-regulated future) to fulfill her customers’ orders. Despite its limited running time (and budget, presumably), this network of tunnels through the obsolete electronic graveyard is one of the best science fiction sets seen on-screen this year, rendered quite inventively by Chan and production designer Tom Soper. Chan also shows a nice touch with the material, ultimately implying the big twist (most viewers will be guessing) rather than bluntly hammering it home.
Frankly, Digital is intelligently executed in nearly every respect. It is definitely recommended viewing from the convenience of your laptop and screens the old school way this Saturday (8/13).
