A little bit of a headache maker, but good

Rating: 8/10 (6 August 1999)

Without knowing much about this movie except the basic plot I sat down to watch the video that my friend has lent me. The opening sequence was enough to make me want to turn it off, because it was just too confusing for the beginning of a movie. After I got past the dead guy, it turned into a movie that was pretty good. The dialogue was a little lagging, but I think it was mostly due to the fact that the entire movie was spent talking. There are short bits of action, but nothing to major to allow a few minutes of silence. The continuous talking led to more and more questions and a bunch of confusing characters.
The one biggest flaw that the movie has is that none of the characters keep a personality throughout the movie except for the thief, but he doesn't live long enough to change. I found it hard to care about a cop that keeps changing from good to evil. The doctor was a little bit too annoying for my taste because she was shy at the beginning, but then suddenly grew a backbone. The student was good because she actually grew with her character changes. Having to go through all of those numbers will change a person. The "businessman" was a little too glum for my taste. He just sat around the entire time until he had one significant part in the whole movie, and then he faded into the background again, but would reappear to say something stupid. The guy with the mental problem was very well done. It seemed as though he really did have a problem. My only complaint with him is how he suddenly would hang from the ceiling to climb through that one blue room (you'll see when you watch it). Overall, the characters were a little lacking, but I still cared about two of them.
Overall, I wouldn't say that the film was memorable, but it was still a film. A movie is something that spends a lot of money to bring monsters to New York and an asteroid toward Earth with only Ben Afflack to save it. A film, on the other hand, is something that actually gets you to think. A lot of independent movies are films (Blair Witch Project is a good example. So is An Ideal Husband.), but this is one that rides the edge. I think that this film was good, but not overly memorable. I'm glad that I saw it, but I feel even better that I got to see it for free. (8 out of 10, but only for the two characters and a few parts of the plot. The two off are mostly for the headache I got when trying to figure out that number thing.)