The Machinist (2004)
Starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Craig Stevenson, Reg E. Cathey, Anna Massey, Matthew Romero Moore, James DePaul, Robert Long, Chike Johnson
IHBM8.25Very good
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...
My review · Reviewed 03/26/2010
I had heard about this movie for a while because Christian Bale famously lost 100 lbs for the role. Yup, 100 fish. He looked like a holocaust survivor. For the longest time I thought this film was just going to be another attempt at Mullholland Drive or something of that ilk. However, the last ten minutes of the film really took a decent movie and made it into a very good movie. I can't remember the last time I saw a film that came together at the end like that.