Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) has not been able to sleep for a year. This causes him to see things, or is it just him? He starts recieving strange messages and past and present soon starts merging together into one. He starts searching for clues of what's happening to him.
Christian Bale is truly an amazing actor, especially for his fantastic performance in American Psycho. Here he has turned himself into a skeleton and is so thin it's hard to look at at times. Although this makes you see him very differently in the movie and also adds a certain feel to it.
The Machinist is not a genuine horror movie, but a creepy thriller with a constant eerie atmosphere always present. It creates a certain mood excellently and manages to stick with it the movie throughout.
 
It's hard to describe this movie without ruining it for people who haven't had the chance to see it yet. The Machinist is way different from most other thrillers out there.
It's utterly dark and takes itself totally seriously all the way through without ever failing doing it. Like other thrillers it builds up more and more until the final climax. But it's actually dark and eerie from beginning to end even without any special build-up. It just has that feeling to it which works brilliantly.
Don't think too much of the story, it can't really be explained without spoiling the whole thing and we don't want that. This is one of those few movies that actually has to be seen to see what it's all about. So do yourself a favor and go rent it, it's worth it for sure.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2004
DIRECTOR: Brad Anderson
WRITING CREDITS: Scott Kosar
GENRE: Thriller
CAST: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
COUNTRY: Spain
RUNTIME: 102 min
RATING: 8/10
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