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HBO Asia’s Dream Raider: The Matrix meets Inception in Taiwan

Scrambled heads make for some of the most potent offerings when it comes to science fiction – and Dream Raider offers an eight-part menu of twisted fantasies, murderous impulses and other largely base tendencies in garnishing its near-future tale of mind mangling and psychological upheaval.Available on HBO Go and HBO (new episodes on Sundays at 9pm), Dream Raider borrows from Total Recall, The Matrix and Inception to consider the possibilities of barging in on the slumbers of the unsuspecting,…

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