Visually stunning low-budget masterpiece struggling to find the truth

Rating: 10/10 (16 May 1999)

This $60 000 masterpiece is The Matrix in disguise. It is the real Matrix; without the tedious filler (fighting sequences). Every single shot in this movie helps to serve the purposes of the writer/director and writer/star. With each passing moment the intense electronica soundscape drags the viewer closer and closer to the insanity that Max Benson begins to feel more and more deeply throughout the film. This is a truly interactive piece of art where the viewer must work equally hard to understand the events and their place in the story. The film is about distraction, truth, religion, culture, greed; you name it, it's in there. It is visual representation at it's current high, both technically and creatively. If this film can be made on a $60 000 budget and have more worth, by far, than it's 60 million $ counterpart that says so little... you'll just have to see it. A true visual and cerebral experience.