Neuroscientist Ethan Kocher attempts to continue his father's work in the study of brain patterns. However, when he carries out an experiment on himself he finds that his brain has been divided into several distinct personalities (one particular personality is a dangerous one). This isn't the only concern to Ethan though as he soon learns that he must try and reverse the procedure as soon as possible before his brain is destroyed completely...
Despite its short running time, Minor Premise does take a bit of time to get going (the start is filled with seminars and mind-boggling jargon which I suspect will go over some people's heads). It improves ever so slightly once Ethan starts to focus on his father's work. Sadly though, a lot of the time we're just seeing fleeting moments of Ethan's varying personalities and they never seem to get explored in any kind of depth (this is a problem inherent in making a film focusing on multiple personalities). For this reason, I never found the film to be particularly involving; if anything it's repetitive and quite boring.
Lead actors Sathya Sridharan and Paton Ashbrook give reasonable performances, but their efforts are mostly wasted in something as dreary as this. I would have preferred it if Ethan's 'normal' personality had a bit more charisma, charm and likeability as at the very least the film would have given us someone to root for, but I just found myself not really caring here.
In short then, Minor Premise is an interesting idea mostly wasted due to its lack of depth and repetitive nature which made the film tedious more than anything else.
