Gripping

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2008)

First off, I almost could not believe that Christian Bale lost that much weight to play the part. It looked like 2 completely different men. That's a lot of dedication put into the acting - I think. Secondly, I really didn't expect to be drawn into the movie quite as much as I did. The atmosphere throughout was dark, gray, chilling, never quite knowing what to expect in the next scene. I found myself trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together alongside Trevor, as weird thing after weird thing happened. The sense of hallucination from a severe lack of sleep is very well-portrayed here, and you can sense Trevor's frustration as images seem to fade as quick as they appear, and he feels he's losing his grip on what's real and what's not real. Its a bit like a horror movie, except there are no real ghosts in this show, just "ghosts of his past"...
And when the show comes to its conclusion, it all makes sense, and you also feel (as Trevor must feel at the end of the show) a great sense of respite... though the movie did seem rather sad too as I realised what was really happening, at the end. I felt sad for Trevor's life.