so glad I didn't pay to see this***definitely spoilers***

Rating: 3/10 (17 August 2007)

I really had high hopes for this movie, John Cusak, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Shalhoub...so much talent, this movie had to be great, right? WRONG. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Shalhoub are in the movie a total of 20 mins or so combined.
Most of the movie is just John Cusak, ranting in his room, ohmygod did the manager dose the booze? I think so, but I'll just keep sucking it down anyway, tho i'm having a very bad trip. I was reminded of the movie Castaway with Tom Hanks, except the ever so charming Wilson, in this case, is his trusty micro-recorder.
There were hints that the experience was manufactured by the manager, such as the camera, the wires outside the window when he's hanging on by his elbows, the ghosts that appear to be video images, the manager with his "well played mr. Enslin" WTF?
This movie had no clear direction. Drugs? Ghosts? Electronic terror tactics? Mental breakdown?
In taking us out of the room and into reality and then back to the room and out into reality the movie really fails to answer any of these questions. The characters are flat. The logic uneven and completely illogical.
Though it was a painful and utterly frustrating experience I would love to see the DVD and see if this was the director's vision or did this go to the 6th level of hell in editing? Are there deleted or extended scenes, director or actor commentary that could shed some light on how a movie that seemed like it had so much potential could go so awry.
Honestly I'm scratching my head at all the positive comments I see here, this movie to me was pure drivel, aimed at the lowest common denominator.