A nice new twist for a detective story

Rating: 7/10 (21 August 2014)

I saw The Machinist before this movie and I think I found some similar stuff. It's nice to see a crime and mystery detective movie that's not so gloomy despite the obvious mood building aimed for it. The story depends largely on the twist since the main element reveals itself quite early at the mid section. The insomnia part is greatly incorporated into the story. The background on how it occurs is well explained on the minor details. The depiction is also so vivid, using all those weird focus photography and scene flashes and stuff. Yet the effects are so dominant on the way the main character thinks. Despite there's no real surprising plot twist, there's a decent twist on the ending that's quite worthy to look out for. I like how Hillary Swank can muster up a decent performance to balance Al Pacino's great name and performance here. It's quite regrettable for me that Robin Williams didn't get more in-frame duration sine he too can get a balancing performance facing Al Pacino.