A horribly awful and wasteful movie

Rating: 2/10 (17 March 2001)

This movie had all the potential of being a quality suspense/psychological thriller. Unfortunately it tries too hard, relies on a horrible script and leave the viewer feeling numb and asking himself why did I just waste almost two hours on this. The main actor (Bale) does about a good a job as possible with the material given to him while the surrounding cast add absolutely nothing to the film. At first, the movie was strange enough, but interesting enough to make me feel like it was some strange blend of Fight Club meets Clockwork Orange, but this film lacked any depth so the morbidity of the scenes just leave you feeling ill for no purpose. The sets weren't all that great, the little things that set the main actor off were just stupid, and their commentary on upscale, snobbish life in New York in the 1980's was at first interesting, but then mind-bogglingly exaggerated and idiotic. If anything, one might get this for the gore and horror effect, but alas it falls short in that area as well as the movie has only a sprinkle of blood and wouldn't scare a 5 year old. Do not rent this movie unless you like sloppily-done films with no actors and a plot about as meaningless as a traffic cop.