Kafka meets Fight club in a 6th sense kind of way

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2004)

I liked this movie. The movie had a very faded out feel to it except for the guy Ivan in the red card. His car is vibrant red and the rest of the movie is bland in color. The surreal feeling of "what's real and what's not" is prevalent in today's movies, but this had a real dark edge to it. The weight loss that Bale had to go through must have really eaten away not only at his body, but got him into character much better (if you look into the mirror and you don't recognize what you see it's got to be easier to believe it and act it). Bale gives a great performance of a guy that is going nuts from insomnia. You can almost feel the sleep drip off the guy. I gave this a 8/10 only because the plot is a twist on a trend these days on the "what's real and what's not" thing. I'm getting a little sick of it. Bale's performance as a guy going over the edge and dwindling away was worth the 8$.