Double Down

Neil Breen is a writer, director, producer and the star in several movies of his own making. This is one of them.

There's a certain secret to watching a Neil Breen movie and that is, "just go with it". Trust me because otherwise you will be sitting there why is this scene happening and what was Neil Breen on when he wrote it. Trying to figure out what goes on in a Neil Breen movie leads to madness.

In this movie Neil Breen plays a secret agent / hacker / bio-weapon that is capable of curing brain cancer and using several laptops at once. These laptops are scattered all over the desert where a large majority of the movie takes place.

And really that's it. You can watch this movie and not really get the plot assuming there is one and he didn't just go all Scott Shaw on us and give it the "Zen film making technique" where there's no script, the loosest concept of a plot and you only act when the moment feels right.

Nobody in this, or any of his other movies, can act including Neil. It's like he got a bunch of amateurs together and let them loose.

Don't bother with this one, or any of his other movies, unless you are looking for something that it truly incomprehensible.

A man living in his car and afflicted with mercury poisoning, becomes increasingly delusional and detached from reality, driving around the Nevada desert.

I know that some of you won't believe me, but this movie actually makes The Room look good. Yep, it's that bad. How bad you ask? Well, how about voice over for the first 25 minutes of the film. How about an anti-hero (played by the director/screenwriter/head bottle washer) with the tech powers of a god, who eats tuna from a can in his rundown car. And when we do finally get dialog, it's so clumsily written it's laugh out loud funny. "Worst than 9-11, or the other major attacks like 9-11" And the plot? Good luck with that. How any movie with this much voice over can be as unfollow-able, hell just plain incomprehensible, is one of the wonders of the modern age. Is he a good guy, bad guy, crazy, sane? Who know? Who cares? You sure as hell won't. Trust me. There is absolutely NOTHING redeeming about this film.

From the rock solid character introduction till the end of the movie I was baffled.

Never have I experienced such a cerebrale and overwhelming work of art. The way the director connects loose plots creates a movie that feels as a whole, this together with the great choice of music by the music director brings the movie to an even higher level.

The colour blue is very prominent in this motion picture, the director might have used this to signify the loneliness our protagonist is suffering and the tranquility he is longing for.

Rarely have I seen a film in which the dividing line between mental well-being and complete madness is so sublimely depicted. In this sensational film you will experience one surprise after another. This genius filmmaker wants to teach us something about ourselves and the total barrenness that makes up our current society.

Not only did I gain nothing from watching this film, I believe it took something from me.