dark, atmospheric, memorable

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2007)

Christian Bale's emaciated Trevor is an image that stays long in the mind after this film has finished. I came late to this movie, and unfortunately missed it on the big screen, where the nightmarish visions and metallic sheen of factories and cars would have been displayed at their best. The story of a man whose past comes back to haunt him is a familiar enough tale, the enjoyment is all in the telling. Bale delivers a powerful performance as the paranoid, misanthropic Trevor. The pacing is spot on, the editing stylish but unobtrusive. Why isn't this film better known? It is steadily building its audience and will no doubt be revisited as a classic.