This is one of those cases where you CAN trust the box office numbers.

Rating: 2/10 (3 December 2006)

I _HATED_ this movie.
Now understand, I was really looking forward to it coming out, but I am telling you, I have NEVER experienced this kind of a disappointment at the theater. It reminded me of one of those direct-to-TV Sci-Fi type productions - I kid you not.
The trailers and late-night promos led me to believe this would be an epic type action movie, but nothing could have been further from the truth. While I find those types of movies entertaining, I also enjoy slower paced movies that make you think as well. This movie failed on both counts.
Don't get me wrong, the acting was top notch, no complaints there. It was also filmed in a very interesting way, but it was over the top. I felt like I wanted to stand up and scream "OK! I get it, you are trying to come up with interesting scenes and angles - enough already!" It just was a bit much.
Here are the reasons I didn't like it.
#1, There IS no story here. Looking back, I am kinda scratching my head trying to figure out how it possibly was a full-length movie, because going from memory, it seems like 15 minutes worth of events. I was SO sick of seeing the same shots OVER and OVER again, and hearing the same lines repeated as though they carried the weight of the world...it was just wearing.
I am not a student of cinematography working on a class project. I don't want to spend the next few days trying to figure out what in the world was going on. I want to be entertained, moved, or influenced in some way, not annoyed at the waste of money and Saturday evening. Guess which one of those this movie succeeded at...
#2, The message doesn't get much more simple. Yeah, stuff dies, circle of life, blah. Congratulations, you can join The Lion King as a film of incredible gravity.
#3, Whatever the heck was going on in this train wreck of a film, there definitely was no reason to hop around as much as it did. Even for whatever (I think) it was trying to accomplish, it was just cumbersome and felt sloppy.
I have never used drugs, but I imagine the experience to be something like watching this film. So if you are a user/former user, this could potentially be a cheaper and safer trip for you.
Honestly, it just felt like the kind of thing that makes dull people feel intelligent/insightful. After seeing it, they can then go on and on about what they see or how it speaks to them or some nonsense that will distinguish them from everyone else -- at least in their own minds.
Unfortunately, the reality that this is basically like an abstract painting of nothing put to film.