Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (8 October 2005)

I was really looking forward to this film as Fight Club and Memento especially, the two movies to which it has been most compared, are two of my favourites.
Unfortunately this failed to live up to expectations. The story was convoluted and drawn out, and failed to keep my interest. The protagonist was confused and lacked purpose or direction, in contrast to Memento, and the constant switching between scenes just made the film disjointed.
The delivery was also surprisingly uninspiring. Jennifer Jason Leigh was far from engaging and Christian Bale - who was fantastic in American Psycho and Equilibrium - failed to evoke any kind of emotion - in my opinion at least.
VERDICT - Best avoided, unfortunately.