Easy to watch, hard to explain

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2001)

Just like The Matrix, as I watched the movie, it made perfect sense. Then when I tried to explain it to someone who hadn't seen it, I confused them and myself as well! But that doesn't make the movie bad. It's rare to find a movie that you can't sum up in 50 words (sometimes 10) or less and make perfect sense. I really enjoyed the fact that you had to have your memory fine-tuned while watching it and even then, things slipped by that will require a second viewing, or a third...or a fourth...or a... I was riveted, and not only by Guy Pearce's edgy yet charming hero. All the performances were cohesive and a perfect complement to Pearce's obsessed Shelby. 10/10 and great arty-without-being-stiflingly-pretentious cinema (well worth the $7)