Way too long for the plot which seems loosely based on a Twilight Zone

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 2011)

Brad Pitt in this film looks very much like the young Robert Redford. And Robert Redford, before he was well known, appeared in a Twilight Zone television episode playing Mr. Death. It's hard to believe the screenwriters were unaware of that earlier program. The Twilight Zone episode is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78iduBHLpQ (Part 1) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YKOhsM6CNc (Part 2). The Twilight Zone episode was over in 30 minutes. But the film, albeit with a more complicated plot than the TV program, was way too long. The gimmick in both the movie and the TV program is that Death does not have the usual ominous appearance but rather is an appealing looking young man. That premise can carry a short TV program but not a movie as long as this one.