from Fringe Video Fanzine Issue #001

Rating: Null/10 (13 May 2001)

An award winning low-budget, black and white cyberpunk assault on the senses, about an insane math genius and part time numerologist, Max Cohen who is desperately trying to crack the code behind the Stock Market. After accidentally discovering the hidden numbers in connection to Pi that will make him rich, a group of Orthodox Jews realize that these same random numbers also reveal the true name of God. After being chased and stalked by the Kaballah sect, and wall street thugs all searching for the complete 216-digit code, a disorienting wave of horror, hallucination and paranoia overwhelm Max. The only hard copy print out of the number is quickly memorized and destroyed. Director Darren Aronofsky (winner at the prestigious 1998 Sundance Film Festival appears on the commentary track, along with star Sean Gullette) has created an excellent pulse-pounding thriller. Who would have thought that a film about numbers would be so exciting.