Wonderful and Disturbing

Rating: 8/10 (8 November 2006)

I saw this movie and was then interested in playing the games. The movie was very dark, with graphic imagery, and with a wonderfully complete plot. Each character had an identity, thanks in no small part to the director and actors, and the monsters were surreal enough to be shocking, but not as fake as, say, Star Wars episodes I, II, II. The most fascinating part of the movie, however, was the comparison between the characters' views of the world around them and what was actually happening; it drew heavily from the movie, "Jacob's Ladder," as did the games. It was also very psychologically draining, and contained an interesting indictment of dogmatic religion, which is always appropriate. If one's interested in thinking about perception, or is just up for a good unnerving time, I would recommend this film.