One of the BEST Performances but the story falls short....

Rating: 6/10 (29 July 2005)

Obviously Christian Bale is absolutely one of the only Artists with conviction left in this Hollywood full of egotistical pretty boys(with the exception of a few awesome actors and actresses). This performance will probably go down as one of his best. I definitely have even more respect for him after seeing this movie.
Now, with that said, id like to just comment on the movie. the story is a very cool, very sleek version of memento meets fight club. its still original enough to definitely hold its own, but i think the end of the movie completely falls apart. the movie moves at a good pace and allows you to really get into reznik's life. But at the 1 hr 15 min mark, it all seems to just rush to the end. throughout the movie you are trying to figure out whats going on and who exactly everyone really is. This is futile though, because there really aren't any clues thrown out that anyone could possibly pick up on that lead you anywhere near what the truth is. In the last 15 minutes of the movie, everything just gets explained (with the exception of why the hell Ivan has toes on his hands or who he is for that matter) and its all wrapped up and presented like a gift to you, eerily like a Stephen King novel. this is an extreme disappointment as all the theories you develop throughout the movie become null and void.
The movie has an extremely awesome look and feel and i think the crew did an absolutely awesome job of bringing you into this very eccentric world of sleep deprivation. all in all id say the movie is worth seeing, if not just for seeing these actors and actresses acting their hearts out for a relatively independent film.