Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

storyguide-axel The movie begins. A mouse is trapped. It is trapped in a maze. A maze controlled by someone, to guide the mouse. The maze seem endless. Such is the beginning of the Kovak Box, but it is also the entire movie played out in a single opening sequence.Is there a need then, to continue watching the movie? Yes, of course. The movie is anything but predictable. Even though you know you are entering a maze, you have no idea what it looks like, or what turns you must take a long the way, and make no mistake, you, the watcher, are as much trapped within this movie as David Norton, the writer.I would like to tell a bit about the plot, but beware of the words, they must be vague.The writer, David Norton (Timothy Hutton), is going to Mallorca, with his girlfriend Jane. He is attending a conference in his honor. He is a science fiction writer, but is currently looking for that next masterpiece that will make the world remember him forever. On the plane there, he deletes an idea that might have been something from a David Cronenberg film. And yes, I would have watched that movie as well, gladly. But this story is not the one that David is looking for. There is another couple on the plane, but the movie makes no attempt to hide the fact that we should only be interested in the woman. At this point, there is no connection between the two, but that is about to change.On the island strange things start to happen. A Russian hit-man. The arrival of a mysterious DVD with a monkey that kills itself. Strange phone calls and music. Suicides. It is all connected, of course, but only revealed by the end.This started with the feeling of a Cronenberg film (I wonder if its a coincidence that the main character was named David?), but turned into a Fincher film (another David...), and for a second reminded me a bit about The Game. When that is said, while Timothy Hutton does a nice job at playing the role of the writer, the characters surrounding him are not the likes of which Cronenberg, Fincher or even Lynch (a third David...) would have used.I like the overall premise of the film, but by the end, too much is explained. The three Davids would never have explained this much, they would have challenged the watcher to find the answers for himself. This is the biggest problem of the movie. Was it worth watching? Yes, of course. Could it have been better? Yes, surely, but I would have no trouble going back and seeing it a second time.

Peter Midknight If you ever thought about writing a book, this would be the way to do it. (IMO) The idiot 'rating/raters' on IMDb did not at all understand what a masterpiece of a story is!! No fancy FX, no car chases, just pure mystery and suspense that keeps you glued to the end. They pulled this off so well that the end made me go crazy with appreciation for this film! The bad guy plays the whole game from beginning to end and despite the illusion of the good guy winning in the end, the bad guy still got exactly everything he set after. I don't say these words often but: It was wonderful!It lost a star because I selfishly would have liked a slightly more expanded/significant ending but that by no means is saying that they left anything unanswered! You got your ending through and through. Everything made sense (If you paid attention!). I would have also liked a higher quality camera to have been used and slightly better camera work, but again it in no way took from this wonderful movie! Blows nonsense-suspense story, like Alan Wake, out of this solar system! This should just not be missed. They brush on so many deeper subjects that its kinda a shame the ride was so short. At the same time I understand their reason for the mystery and focus. Just so well played I can't say it enough.

chriscoates A successful Science-Fiction author is invited to an idyllic Spanish island to talk about his work at the behest of a mysterious organisation. What should be a pleasant workman's holiday turns into something more sinister when people start committing suicide for unknown reasons - the only clue is that it is somehow all connected to his first book, that he wrote years earlier.It sounds like an interesting premise, and it is, but although the first few minutes seem promising the leaden direction and pedestrian script ultimately make this a difficult 90+ minutes to sit through. Characters regularly act in unlikely, bizarre and occasionally unexplainable ways for no other reason than it helps to advance the story. This is evidence of the real problem with the film - the story is striving for big moments of suspense, mystery and danger but it is not able to convincingly weave them together into something that works well.Such problems could be partially forgiven if it had all been building to something worthwhile. The finale is supposed to be thought-provoking and enigmatic and can be interpreted in two ways - unfortunately both are rotten. One interpretation will have you rolling your eyes in yet more disbelieving disappointment and the other lacks any sense of drama and suspense. Either way, the ending plays as uncommitted and ham-fisted.Ultimately the only things to recommend here are the actors, who are decent, and the score, which is very good; but these do not come close to atoning for the myriad problems that run through the story and the way in which it is told. Disappointing.

Rabh17 I kept reading the description of this Movie as a Sci-Fi genre. It isn't.It's more a Suspense Thriller. NOT an ACTION Thriller-- A Suspense Thriller. But you have to be patient. It starts off with what seems to be two disparate story lines than will slam together very soon.A writer on book signing tour becomes embroiled in a very convoluted and deadly conspiracy which centers around one of his books.The tone and visual flow of the movie makes me think of the old Bond Movies-- but like I said-- this is NOT an action flick. The web of conspiracy makes me think of some old spy Movies-- yet this isn't a Spy Movie.Another reviewer hit a bulls-eye with one descriptor-- Hitchcock. This is Hitchcock for the 21st century.SO this one is a movie for a Saturday Evening. You have to be ready to think and LISTEN to the dialogue. If your Girlfriend does not pay attention with you, you need a smarter girlfriend.Oh, and this movie goes good with wine.