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Rating: 2/10 (3 March 2001)

Okay, I'm usually a fan of pretentious films which other people find to be boring and plotless, but I have to say that this movie was in fact boring and plotless. Not to mention pointless and valueless. It seemed to be about an hour and forty-five minutes of gratuitous violence wrapped up at the end with an extreme copout of a twist. The violence wasn't especially graphic really, there just happened to be a lot of it implied off screen and so forth with very little else of consequence occurring in the film. The movie is nearly devoid of likeable characters, save perhaps Chloe Sevigny's and Willem Dafoe's characters, both of whom are as underdeveloped as all of the other characters in the film, alleged protagonist included. I have to say that the complete nothing of a script was fairly well acted and well shot. If these scenes could somehow be reassembled and added to in a manner which would produce a compelling story or anything at all for the viewer to identify with, perhaps it could have been an excellent film. Alas, I find it difficult to enjoy a film which has no semblance of a plot or point and therefore have to recommend that if you never see this film, it will be too soon. It's seemingly an attempt at giving the appearance of a smart and arty film and while visually it does have some art worth commending, it lacks any real intelligence or insight. It's got an anti-hero and an anti-ending which by all means deserve your efforts to anti-see it.
2/10