Definitely worth watching - a mind-screw

Rating: 7/10 (15 September 2006)

This movie was damned good. I just watched this, and I have to say it affected me so much I went and immediately Googled Scott Kosar (the writer's name) to see what other movies he'd done. Christian Bale's performance (as Trevor) and devotion is to be commended; he was unrecognizable in this film, so my hat goes off to him for having lost so much weight and putting so much into his role as a skeletal lunatic. Well I don't know if lunatic is an accurate adjective but he was certainly delusional and very skinny. John Sharian played Ivan, and his sick laugh and wide smile still haunts me, as does Bale's fragile and emaciated form.
In all actuality, a little realism is lost in the latter half of the film. The little stunt Trevor pulled towards the end should've kill him by his appearance. My only real complaint is that the notes' corollary was just that; by that I mean a little too predictable. For that I give it a 7 instead of 8.