Review of The Machinist (2004) by Timone — 21 Aug 2018
I'm pretty sure people will understand what The Machinist is about when Christian Bale has lost a lot of weight and I mean a lot of weight. He is certainly a fantastic actor who is great at everything with losing weight to get into the character.
It's quite shocking to see his body going through like this. In this he plays Trevor Reznik, a machinist who has insomnia and hasn't slept for a year. It has one gory scene where Michael Ironside's arm came off at the machine.
Trevor apparently has seen two accidents like I said today that Michael Ironside's character had his arm come off and a young boy having a seizure at "Route 666". There just loads of things went into his head since he doesn't get enough for a whole year when he has nightmares.
It's quite like an ambiguous ending in American Psycho. I really was gripped at the chase scene after Trevor got run over by a car causing a hit and run. This film is so astonishingly psychological it grabs your attention in order to understand what Christian Bale is going through.
It's kinda like Fight Club and Memento which I haven't seen before but those elements go through together in The Machinist for how evocative it is. For how much a gripping psychological thriller it really is.
The twist ending is quite depressing but you know how this goes.
This review of The Machinist (2004) was written by Timone on 21 Aug 2018.
The Machinist has generally received very positive reviews.
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