Predictable, boring, and violent.

Rating: 1/10 (29 December 2007)

Even if I could get past the horrible acting done by all the actors and actresses, except for Timothy Spall and the actor playing the tech support guy, I still couldn't get past the fact that the audience is brow-beaten with 'subtle hints' about the not at all surprizing ending throughout the entire movie. The general feeling that the film was attempting to accomplish (becoming enveloped by nightmare or insanity) was presented with elements from such flimsy, shallow movies as Blowup (1966) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). The director should have taken his cues from such peers as Terry Gilliam, Federico Fellini, and Milos Forman. Even if the odious directing and the wooden acting didn't offend me the dialogue would still be effusive drivel whose only noticeable purpose is to prolong the length of the piece. I'm sure you can guess what I think it's a piece of.