Super surreal experience of a film.

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2014)

The Machinist - one of my favorite movies. Trevor Reznik is a machine worker who has been suffering from insomnia for a very long time. We know this from the get-go of the film. His insomnia has caused him to lose a great deal of weight. It has even changed his behavior. When a series of strange events begin to happen to Trevor, he is forced to question his own reality. The tagline sums it up perfectly; "How do you wake up from a nightmare if you're not asleep?" I won't go too deep into the movie, because I don't want to spoil it. But one of the great things about the film is that we know only what Trevor knows throughout. We're experiencing the story WITH Trevor. And as the story continues developing, we start to realize that this is about much more than a lack of sleep. The whole film is like putting a puzzle together.
If you are a fan of shows like The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits, you will love this movie.