Splendid concepts, but spoiled by cheap tricks to push the paranoia

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2006)

The movie has some splendid ideas and interesting concepts. But I disliked how they made characters behave plain unreasonably or their moves incredible at several points in the film - just to push the paranoia. Cheap move for cheap effects. If not for that, I would have ranked it pretty high.
The film has a couple of strong points. Kafkaesque feeling all through, but it would have done well to stay closer to Kafka and not go for cheap splatter and horror elements. I think it would have made a better movie without that crap.
It is amazing though, how much of a movie you can make with very little.