Review of The Machinist

A great film, albeit a little predictable. Christian Bale is brilliant in this film, his abhorrent weight loss is the most disturbing aspect. The film follows an insomniac, Trevor Reznik, and the paranoid mystery that plagues him. After a horrific work related accident, due to the sudden appearance of a mysterious stranger, Resnik is thrown into a spiral slide to either madness, truth or both. This film is not particularly original, but it does have a soul, at times it is painfully predictable, at other times, terrifying because of it's unpredictability. It won't go down as a classic of the genre, but is instead a nice rental. Recommended!