A
serial killer named Carl Rudolph Stargher
(Vince D'Onofrio) who hangs himself with
hooks, kidnaps people then drowning them
in his water tank plus videotaping them.
The FBI finds the corpses where he
ditches them and tracks Carl down.
Suddenly Carl falls into a coma.
Then the FBI starts an experiment with
one of their employees named Catherine
Deane (Jennifer Lopez) as they put her to
sleep and then she enters Carl's mind and
discovers a bunch of unreal and bizarre
events leading to Carls abusive
childhood.
Whenever Catherine awakens she gives out
information and then an FBI Agent named
Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) goes into
Carl's mind with Catherine to discover
where one of Carl's surviving victim is.
A film that blends
in the tradition of Silence of
the Lambs with Hellraiser.
I liked the two but I wasn't wild on this
one.
The story was very well done and so was
the film but it didn't do anything for me
as I found it too strange for my liking.
The acting is
terrific as Jennifer Lopez and
Vince Vaughn are terrific acting
opposite towards one another.
There are nude
corpses as well as people starting to
drown in a tank as well as one in a
bloody bathtub.
Corpses are
revealed.
The killer named Carl is being hung with
hooks.
There is some gruesome dream sequences
too.
The directing by
Tarsem Singh is great as he knows
how to make this film disturbing with the
child abuse sequences as well as his
direction on the intensity on the people
being tortured.
The bizarre dreams that goes on in the
movie which keeps you occupied.
The music score was
composed by Howard Shore with
tracks by classical artists which worked
well for films like this.
Catharine
Deane: Do you believe there is a part
of yourself, deep inside in your mind,
with things you don't want other people
to see? During a session when I'm inside,
I get to see those things.
Carl
Stargher: And what world do you live
in?
Carl
Stargher: Where do you come from?
Carl
Stargher: You can not kill me.
Miriam:
Did we go sailing?
Catharine Deane: Almost!
Mocky-Lock showed up.
Miriam: [saying a nursery rhyme]
Mocky-Lock is the boogeyman, Mocky-Lock
wants me where I am!
Catharine Deane: Mocky-Lock is a
pain in the ass.
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