Gripping story with well-crafted characters

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Have a hammer? Crack yourself good across the knuckles a few dozen times - that would be less painful that watching this stinker.Don't believe me? Well imagine a movie with video game special effects and you would have, yeah! Mindstorm.I mean bad is bad but did they have to make a messiah out of this turkey? Aaahhh, God let it end, let it end! Really they did make this up as they went along, no one could actually script this stuff, could they? Did I mention...God let it end, let it end! In case you forget - God let it end, let it end!

I enjoyed seeing Judge Reinhold in this role (I have not seen him for sometime), and this film was not a complete loser, but it did feature a weak plot, and was somewhat amateurish in execution. Let's put it this way. This would rate "good" as a student film. Oh, this picture was shot "on location" in Bulgaria and featured some fine scenery and exteriors. Incidentally, there are some major motion pictures, such as "Raising Arizona," (which really stunk, in my humble opinion!) I would rate lower than this picture. The computer generated aircraft effects were a bit cheesy, but better than some I have seen.

Definitely not a high budget movie, but filmed on location, Eastern Europe, and conveys a sense of place with a few beautiful churches and monasteries. Judge Reinhold carries this movie with understated authority and maturity that is miles away from his old comic persona. No comic scenes. Good character development of an appropriately cynical agent, but scenes without him are flat. Plot pretty simple, but great to have a low impact action movie for once, without all those chase scenes, computerized monsters, and frenetic characters. Interesting Eastern European music seems to fit the movie. Much like a made for TV movie short of production funds. Not for everyone, but Judge Reinhold fans will like this role.

This has to be one of the more interesting psychological thrillersmade recently. Victor, Rositza and Jochen are the results of anexperiment that would allow for the perfect child. One of Cronenbergs best movies yet.