Highschool-level movie; no plot, no conclusion.

Rating: 2/10 (22 June 2005)

This movie may excite fans of independent films, but those accustomed to professional productions will be highly disappointed. Frankly, I was highly surprised it is rated 3/4 stars on Dish Network (wherever they get their ratings from) and 7.5/10 on IMDb (as of the time of this writing).
The low-quality black-and-white film is fine when used for effect, but seldom appropriate for an entire work. This movie is set in only the recent past, probably the 70's based on the state of computing technology, and most movies (other than indies like this) were already color, thus b&w does not increase the feel of authenticity as was the case with "Schindler's List." Perhaps it could have used the b&w for the scenes that were (or seemed to be) all in his head, keeping the rest in color - just a thought. But that also might make it clear what was real and what was imagined, and the director may have wanted that indistinct. Anyway, I didn't like using the low-quality film without having a definite reason for doing so.
A bigger problem was with the plot, or rather, the lack of a plot. The characters were pursuing an ethereal number. That's fine for a subplot, but not for the whole thing. This movie could have easily been cut to a half-hour. And it still would have been worthless.
And worst, we never had any resolution. Did he find the number or not? And how is the number supposed to be applied, since he said that application is more important than the number itself? All we know was that he forecast a few stock prices. And what was with his drilling into his head? Was he mixing up what was imagined and what was not? Or did he not burn the number either? Not that burning it would help if he had memorized it. Maybe he only silenced his imagination by drilling into his head, with miraculously not killing himself, either by drilling some needful part of the brain, by bleeding to death, or through infection. Since we saw him again, it must have been imagined. But that indicates his burning the number was also just imagined.
See what I mean? The movie was just weird.