...darkly involving movie.

Rating: 8/10 (24 March 2005)

Whilst this may have echoes of 'Memento', it is still a most original and darkly involving movie. Christian Bale puts in a monumental performance (it being said he shed 60 pounds for the role) and convinces us of his vision of reality till the very end. Utterly involved, we are taken this way and that as our perceptions of what is real are truly tested. Even Jennifer Jason Leigh is convincing and in fact the scenes they share are pivotal. The film opens with a body being disposed of yet this slips to the back of our minds under the relentlessness of the story telling. Everything is unbelievable, yet we are sucked in. I did not enjoy 'Session 9' as much as some but this is a tremendous achievement and much helped by the bleached colour and sensitive use of music.