disappointing psychodrama

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2004)

This movie tries too hard to out-Psycho the classic psychodramas. My pal had no problems with it and thought it all made sense. It did. But it was all too simple. The problem is that this film played with my perceptions way too much. As a consequence, I felt cheated and disrespected like the whore in the film. With the classic psycho-dramas, I felt the time invested mindfully watching paid off. It compares with "Momento" on several levels, but isn't done with as much elegance. If you like your psychological chain jerked around, see this movie. If you like watching people get beat-up, murdered, in pain with lots of blood, this is YOUR film ... not mine. The actor crossed the line in losing weight for the part, in my book. I suppose this is the way the film industry is headed. Call me a prude, but "sadistic" is too light of a word for this film.