Not a most-watch film

Rating: 7/10 (6 May 2017)

I barely knew the plot of this movie when I watched it at home. I don't know if that affects my enjoyment of the film in a positive or a negative way. I didn't know this film was so... surreal.
I have to start with the good things about the film. The tension of the movie increases little by little in a very good way. I really enjoyed how everything kept becoming worse in every scene, and it climaxed in a very intense scene with Al Pacino and Keanu.
I also loved the "dream scenes" if you can call it that, or more appropriately hallucinations. Especially one of them, which portrayed the exact feelings of a character without having to say a word.
The special effects are OK for the time in which it was made. And the production design is really good.
I enjoyed Al Pacino's performance although I could kind of notice that he was not taking this role very seriously and had some fun with it. Keanu Reeves does a fine performance with what he is given, which isn't much, and that is the main problem of the film.
I don't think the main characters and the secondary characters are really that interesting. I really didn't care a lot about the protagonist or his wife. I think the problem is that they show you how they react to certain stimuli but you don't understand why they reacted that way. The character ark is fine, but still, I have no reasons as to why the character changed.
I think that is my main problem with the film. The characters, and if you don't have interesting characters, you don't have an interesting movie.
Some other problems are that the story gets kind of over-the-top sometimes and not for the best. Also, I think some plot-lines could have been handled a little better.
In conclusion, you don't have to watch this film. But if you find yourself with nothing better to do, then you can rent it or watch it on TV and it will give you your money's worth.