How, exactly ...?

Rating: 3/10 (16 May 2007)

How, exactly ...? No, really, come on! How is it that you can have such a great concept and subject matter for a film and then have this as an end result? How could you get it wrong? The ideas are there. The characters are there. The purpose is there.
So, I ask ... Where is the direction? Where is the acting? Where is the creativity? Where is the strong narrative? Why does the lighting and camera work look like an "over stylized to make up for lack of content" TV show? Those dream/detective sequences are a joke - how can you take these scenes seriously? They are the biggest flaw of all. You know, Jim is supposed to be playing a dramatic role - but i'm not so sure! This movie is about paranoia so then why is every little detail all wrapped up into a neat little basket at the end? There is such a loss of ability to be interested/involved with these characters because they are portrayed so generically.
When i heard about the concept and subject matter of this film i was very interested to see it. Even after bad reviews i still went and saw it. unfortunately the poor quality of this film overshadows any other redeeming features.