An engrossing thriller

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2009)

The film starts of with a very emaciated looking Bale and you know that you are in for a tour de force performance. And the amount of effort put up by bale for this role is extremely commendable. The supporting actors also have complemented pretty nicely. The protagonist Trevor lives a pretty basic but unusual life. He is lonely, pays his rent on time, washes hands with a bleach and his only human interaction outside his job is with a prostitute. The entire look of film, the washed out cinematography is extremely expressive, correctly portraying the message. The dialogue's are pretty decent and the direction reminds you of Hitchcock classics like Psycho. The stories link up pretty nicely at the end and till then the director creates enough tension to keep you riveted. The flaw for me was the editing could've been a bit more crisp by further 10 min. And while watching you cant help but compare it to Fight Club, Memento, and these movies define the thriller genre for me. So was a little disappointed. But still you cannot take anything away from Christian Bale. It's his movie throughout and he commands most of those 7 stars.