No Statis-Quo...

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2007)

Here's an immediate classic, in the mystery/Thriller/Drama category!!! This one grabs your attention and proceeds to take you through a mesmerizing plotted-situation backwards. No doubt about this one, this is not your typical studio, big budget summer film. Guy Pierce, simply as 'Leonard' is on the trail of a killer, or is he? Maybe, what's today? Why am I here? Who is calling on the phone? There's a note by the phone that says don't answer it. But what if the caller knows, who the killer is. What if they hold a 'clue' that I need?
All this and a story that grips and goes in 'Reverse'. The characters and simple, in this little tale of short-term memory loss. Yes...simply deeper and deceptive. In a word, if you have seen this one, before...see it again, to reconfigure in your mind "whodunnit!?"
The cast is all a cast of professionals, who are real killers! Joe Pantolliano (Running scared, The Matrix, (HBO's) Sopranos) shows a somewhat differing side to his acting personality as Leonard's (suppossed) friend Teddy. He and Teddy have an adventure that they are on, called find a murderer. In between, the drama that every other one in the mix is bringing on as well, just to kind of confuse the whole issue. Everyone is helping? Everyone, is in it...for themselves?
This thriller will keep the best guessing, it is a solid heart pounder, of a good show. I recommend this highly if you love to keep guessing and love the mesmerizing tale that will end? (*****)