Has anyone realized this is a take on "Crime in Punishment?"

Rating: Null/10 (8 May 2006)

I don't know if any critics have realized this. Chris even reads Dostevesky in the movie, warning us of what is to come... His actions follow the same actions as the main character, Raskolnikov, who murders an old lady, makes it look like a robbery and then can't live with the guilt. So we kind of know what happens to Chris in the end... In the book, Raskolnikov, turns himself in because he can't stand having the hallucinations of his victims, which we see Chris also having towards the end of the film as well. Also, the book is similar in that there is shoddy police work that allows Raskolnikov to get away with murder. There are coincidences that throw the police off his trail just like the "junkie" who was arrested for the "robbery."