Mall

The first part of this film hooks you on. Stylish and well photographed, and able to keep you interested. But that doesn't go all the way. The film loses it's way due to some very disillusioned and sick people inhabiting the mall.

A disillusioned young man living at home in his mothers trailer goes on a hateful rampage on a mall. At the mall we find several persons doing their everyday thing, as the observant college student Jeff which really is smart, but still wasting his life on the mall, not caring enough not if he should take an Ecstasy pill or not. More shouldn't be told before you watch it.

Because I think it's worth seeing. There are some very talented stuff here, though there are scenes pulling down the great stuff built up in the start. It seems like the story is not sure of what it's supposed to tell. There's also too much use of slow motion, and the young boys narrative voice, when thinking.

This is the first feature film directed by Linkin Park-DJ Joseph Hahn, and his music video past is quite obvious. Some clear talent, but the film should have had more work put into the script. The film isn't at all what you think it is, and that is a main problem.

What a shame to see such competent actors like Vincent D'Onofrio, Gina Gershon, and Peter Stormare in this wallowing, meandering thing. Lacking in clear direction, message, quality of writing, acting ability (from most other members of the cast), and filled with pseudo intellectual fluff delivered from a totally unbelievable character. While the attempt to tackle such gritty subject matter was admirable in it's ambition, the execution was severely lacking. Sincerely wish Joe Hahn better luck in his future feature directorial efforts.

The visual effects were interesting, digitally grimy (in a good way), and flowed well with the emotion of the film, but were a bit overdone early on. They felt dumped on you from the start without any context to support them, and unfortunately cliché by the end.

My title is how I feel about many of the other people who've rated this film on here so far. Currently a 4.9/10 rating? Almost unbelievable, but then I remember how few people are actually able to handle real life challenges in our modern world, or how many hate when their thinking is challenged, even just a little. This film will challenge you, that is if you even dare to think about what the film is saying much at all. Many people today however have conditioned themselves to cower, hide or run from things that challenge their minds. In my view, this is simply far from a healthy choice.

This film is based on a novel by Eric Bogosian. Partially written for the screen by none other than Vincent D'Onofrio, who also has a role in the film. Personally I found this film to be far better than its rating here on this site. Gina Gershon gives quite a great performance, and the film is simply thought provoking. It's an interesting film in my view, and one that still has gotten so little exposure. People that enjoy uniquely delivered and/or intellectually challenging or provoking films will likely find this at least worth a watch. My rating...

7.5/10.

This may be the worst movie I have seen so far this year. Weak narrative, a plot that goes nowhere. So poorly written you cannot decipher the actual story line from the deranged thoughts of one of the characters.Sort of like a weak wanna be Donnie Darko. It's sort of like 4 bad mini movies put together to form an hour and a half stinker..Before watching this you may wanna weigh your other options of how to waste an evening.... ...... ......... ....... ........ ... ........... ..... ..... ... ... ... .......... ..... .... ...... ..... .... ....... .......... .... .... ..... .... ... .... .... ....... ....... ..... ...... ....... ..... ........ .... ...... ..... .... ..... .......... ........

To be very honest, I only bought this movie because Cameron Monaghan stars in it. I figured that he played Jerome/Jerimiah well in Gotham, and Ian Gallagher in Shameless. Boy was I mistaken. The start of the movie was a cheap B-grade entry, then as it progressed I felt like the characters were reading their lines off of a script board. Cameron Monaghan wasn't the greatest actor to my disappointment, but he was still better than the rest of the lame characters. I need to be wary of watching movies with cute actors in it, because sometimes they're just crap.