It Does Not Follow Hollywood Conventions

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2012)

The Machinist is a psychological thriller film that stars Christian Bale together with Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Michael Ironside.It was written by Scott Kosar and directed by Brad Anderson.
Trevor Reznik is a factory lathe operator who has developed a serious case of insomnia. Lack of sleep has already started to wear down on his brain and his body. When he's involved in an accident at work, his co- workers turn against him. He starts to find strange notes in his apartment and see people that apparently aren't there.Then he struggles to assemble the clues of his psychological conundrum. With a friendly hooker and airport waitress as his only stable links to sanity,he reaches critical mass and seems ready to implode just as secrets are revealed as the film progresses.
This is worth watching due to the performance of Christian Bale,who literally threw himself into the title role with such devotion that he shed an alarming 63 pounds and gave life into playing Trevor Reznik.Also,it isn't your typical Hollywood film as the viewer has to watch this psychological thriller with full attention, follow along, and decipher for themselves events that happen in the plot.And finally,it is both interesting and entertaining despite being not really a "likable" picture.